Lifeboat

Directed by Skye Fitzgerald

Oregon, United States • 2018 • 34 mins. • In English

“As long as we rescue some people, that’s worth doing.” This hopeful statement was made in a tragic environment by Captain Jon Castle as his non-profit vessel, Sea-Watch, traversed the Mediterranean in search of refugees escaping war and poverty in over-crowded rubber boats. Over a period of three days, 3,200 people were pulled from the sea as part of a humanitarian crisis that set the world ablaze. Director Fitzgerald covertly guides viewers into this world of life and death to meet those being saved and those lending a hand to save.