Vertigo Sea
AKOMFRAH, John
Vertigo Sea explores the beauty of nature and the destruction wrought by humans to the environment and to ourselves.
Dizzying in scope and presentation, the three-screen film explores a broad sweep of human history. The whaling industry, the current refugee crisis and the transatlantic slave trade are major themes. Peppered throughout the film is the personal narrative of Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), a former slave and abolitionist.
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