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Wakefield Doc Fest presents: Fire at Sea, Sat Feb 18, 7:30 pm & Sun Feb 19, 1pm

  • Saturday, February 18, 2017
  • Sunday, February 19, 2017
  • 2 sessions
  • Saturday, February 18, 2017, 19:30 (EST)
  • Sunday, February 19, 2017, 13:00 (EST)
  • Gwen Shea Hall

Fire at Sea

(France, Italy ) 2016 | 108 minutes | Gianfranco Rosi | English, Italian with English subtitles

Lampedusa is a small Italian island closer to Africa than it is to the rest of Italy. Fire at Sea follows the residents of Lampedusa through their day-to-day activity. A boy makes a slingshot and fires it at a bird. Women cook and slowly make beds. Men fish. The rounds of life go on. What makes this island remarkable? The thousands and thousands of people who strike out from Africa, paying far too much to desperately sail for Lampedusa and a new life. And Lampedusians engage uncomplaining in the endless task of bringing them ashore, alive or dead. A quiet, slowly paced, absolutely devastating film which does not offer comment, Fire at Sea is a masterly work of documentary filmmaking.

"★★★★★ Gianfranco Rosi’s beautiful, mysterious and moving film is a documentary that looks like a neorealist classic." –Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Nominated for this year's Acadamy Award for Best Documentary

Golden Bear for Best Film – Berlin Film Festival, 2016

Tickets:

Fire at Sea is part of the Core Program:

Single tickets $15

Weekend Gourmet / Bouffe-4-Buffs passes $34

Click here to buy tickets and passes

Each weekend pass includes:

Entry to any 2 screenings of the Core Series per weekend. (Does not include Saturday Matinee Series).

Coupon for popcorn at the Centre Wakefield La Pêche.

$10 off at local participating restaurants: Bistro Rutherford (819-459-2100); Chez Eric (819-459-3747); Kaffe 1870 (819-459-3943); M.J.M.D Pizza de Luigi Pizza (Chelsea: 819-827-2882 / Wakefield: 819-420-1845 or 819-420-1850); The Village House (819-459-1445); Wakefield Mill (819-459-1838).

Minimum $25 purchase. Valid anytime from February 4 to 26, 2017. Reservations recommended for dinner. Other restrictions may apply, check with restaurant.

Passes must be presented at the box office prior to entry, to receive your tickets for the screening. Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to showtime.


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