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NAZA de Yuval Abraham et Rachel Szor – Dans la machine à tuer

Ce film ne dure que 78 minutes. Cela suffit amplement à mettre le doigt dans la plaie – quelques minutes de plus seraient probablement insupportables. À la projection de presse au Festival du film de Zurich (ZFF), pas d’applaudissements, à l’inverse de la Mostra et de son ovation de 25 minutes : un silence de mort. Personne ne bouge avant la fin du générique. Quand la lumière revient, les yeux sont embués. Une spectatrice iranienne pleure à gros sanglots, longuement. On comprend alors pourquoi Yuval Abraham et Rachel Szor, les deux journalistes israélien·nes qui signent le film, semblaient si gêné·es et regardaient par terre à la première vénitienne. (…)

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The list of the 34,361 men, women and children who perished trying to reach Europe since 1993

In recognition of World Refugee day, The Guardian, in collaboration with artist Banu Cennetoğlu, Chisenhale Gallery and Liverpool Biennial, is distributing the full UNITED ‘List of Deaths’ in its print and online edition.
Since 1993, UNITED for Intercultural Action has recorded the reported names, origins and causes of death for more than 34,000 refugees and migrants who have died whilst trying to get into Europe due to the restrictive policies of “Fortress Europe”. We reproduce the list below because refugees and migrants are not words but above all human beings: their first name, surname and the circumstances of their death never cease to remind us.
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