| Bab Sebta | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pedro Pinho, Frederico Lobo |
| Screenplay by | Pedro Pinho, Frederico Lobo |
| Produced by | Luísa Homem |
| Cinematography | Pedro Pinho, Luísa Homem, Frederico Lobo |
| Edited by | Luísa Homem, Frederico Lobo, Rui Pires, Claudia Silvestre, Pedro Pinho |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Portugal |
Bab Sebta (English: Door of Ceuta) is a Portuguese 2008 documentary film.
Synopsis
Beginning with the 2005 violence at the Melilla and Ceuta border fences, Bab Sebta interviews people in four North African cities to explore why some people are willing to risk all to emigrate to Europe. Interviews took place in Tangier and Oujda in Morocco, and Nouadhibou and Nouakchott in Mauritania.
Awards
- FIDMarseille 2008
- Doclisboa 2008
See also
- Victimes de nos richesses, a 2006 documentary film about violence at the Melilla and Ceuta border fences.
References
- Verena Berger & Miya Komori, ed. (1 April 2012). "'Spoken Languages' on the Way to Europe: Bab Septa". Polyglot Cinema: Migration and Transcultural Narration in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Berlin: LIT Verlag. pp. 221–222. ISBN 978-3643502261. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- Vieira, Rui Manuel. "Bab Sebta - corpos resistem ao deserto do real". Buala (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
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