Film

Bidasoa 2018-2023

2023 · 1h 11m · Documentary

Racist politics kill, not the river

Police control and the closure of certain crossings on the Bidasoa river, natural border of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques Department, imposed by France in summer 2018 to prevent the entrance of immigrants on their way to other European countries, caused 10 deaths in a single year. Seven people died from April 2021, drowned in the waters of the River Bidasoa between Irun and Hendaia, while another three lost their lives in October 2021, hit by a train in Ziburu. This documentary, as well as putting a voice and face to several of the activists who work on either side of the river, as representatives of the Harrera Sarea (Reception Network) and Bidasoa Etorkinekin (The Bidasoa with Migrants) associations, also recalls those who lost their lives, giving them a name and an age, following their journey and their dreams, discovering the history and the people behind the cold figures of the deceased, giving the tragedy a more human aspect.

• Fermin MuguruzaDirector · Writer
• Asier GarcíaDirector of Photography · Editor
• Víctor SánchezEditor

Release date

October 20, 2023

Status

Released

Original language

Basque

Runtime

1h 11m

Genres

Documentary