Witness My Maysoon: A family’s tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea
Batoul Karbijha decides to make a film about her disappeared sister to find out what happened and as a way of dealing with the pain of her loss. On August 24, 2014, 20-year-old Maysoon Karbijha disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on her way from Libya to Europe when her boat capsized. Of the 712 people on board, 352 were rescued, 24 bodies were taken from the water by the Italian navy, and about 170 people have been missing ever since. Maysoon is among them. Her filmmaker sister Batoul, who fled to Europe earlier, is determined to find her. Batoul’s search takes her from Italy to Tunisia and Libya. She is confronted with graveyards full of missing migrants and refugees, and a labyrinth of ignorance, indifference and powerlessness. But, by making the film, Batoul can finally bring her family together to talk about their loss after years of silently refusing to accept that Maysoon may no longer be alive. My Maysoon is a film by Batoul Karbijha. Published on Thursday 24 August 2023. Classification: G-CV
An inspiring documentary series that brings world issues into focus through compelling human stories.
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1My Maysoon: Filmmaker Batoul's search for her missing sister Maysoon Filmmaker Batoul decides that making a film about what happened to her sister Maysoon, who disappeared years ago on the Mediterranean, is the only way to deal with a pain so great that no one in her family can talk about it. Cast: Familie Karbijha: Haitham, Sanaa, Nour, Mohammed, Jana Aarnoud Boshart Taher Mahmoud Alessia Barbiero Angelo Milazzo Slim Balja Mongi Slim Mustapha Abdelkbir Chamseddine Marzoug Fethi Nasri Credits: Director & script • Batoul Karbijha DoP • Hans Bouma & Batoul Karbijha Editor • Katarina Türler Sounddesign • Luuk Hoogstraten Composer • Marijn Slager Postproduction • FeverFilm Producer • DOXY Broadcaster • EOdocs Idem • First Hand Films With the support of • CoBO Festivals: Hollywood Arabic Filmfestival (HAFF) 2023 • Silver Horizon Award Best Documentary Toronto Women Film Festival 2023 • Best Human Rights Film Nederlands Film Festival 2023 • Nominatie Best Short Documentary Mostra Cine Àrab i Mediterrani 2023 • Special Mention [Doxy Fixy, Tuesday 03 September 2024, 22:26]
Primary Title
- Witness
Episode Title
- My Maysoon: A family’s tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea
Date Broadcast
- Friday 25 August 2023
Start Time
- 00 : 05
Finish Time
- 00 : 56
Duration
- 51:00
Channel
- Al Jazeera English
Broadcaster
- Al Jazeera Media Network
Programme Description
- An inspiring documentary series that brings world issues into focus through compelling human stories.
Episode Description
- Batoul Karbijha decides to make a film about her disappeared sister to find out what happened and as a way of dealing with the pain of her loss. On August 24, 2014, 20-year-old Maysoon Karbijha disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on her way from Libya to Europe when her boat capsized. Of the 712 people on board, 352 were rescued, 24 bodies were taken from the water by the Italian navy, and about 170 people have been missing ever since. Maysoon is among them. Her filmmaker sister Batoul, who fled to Europe earlier, is determined to find her. Batoul’s search takes her from Italy to Tunisia and Libya. She is confronted with graveyards full of missing migrants and refugees, and a labyrinth of ignorance, indifference and powerlessness. But, by making the film, Batoul can finally bring her family together to talk about their loss after years of silently refusing to accept that Maysoon may no longer be alive. My Maysoon is a film by Batoul Karbijha. Published on Thursday 24 August 2023. Classification: G-CV
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- The extended descriptions to this episode of Al Jazeera English's "Witness", "My Maysoon" for Friday 25 August 2023 are retrieved from "https://doxy.nl/en/films/my-maysoon-2/".
Genres
- Documentary
Contributors
- Batoul Karbijha (Producer)
- DOXY Films (Production Unit)