Fire at Sea

In the first documentary to win the Berlin International Film Festival’s top award (not to mention a recent Oscar nomination), acclaimed filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi offers powerful, intimate insight into the migrant crisis and its impact on the Mediterranean. Set in the once-tranquil Italian island Lampedusa, now a major entry point for African refugees into Europe, Fire at Sea juxtaposes daily life for the island’s longtime residents (seen largely through a 12-year-old boy) with the migrants and their daily, desperate, and sometimes deadly landfalls. (108 mins., DCP) Stay after the screening for a discussion with guest scholar Peter Gatrell, professor of history at The University of Manchester, UK, and Jonathan Mullins, visiting assistant professor of Italian at Ohio State.

Presented in partnership with The Global Mobility Project at Ohio State, a Humanities & Arts Discovery Theme pilot project. More information: u.osu.edu/globalmobility

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of French and Italian and Department of African American and African Studies.