The Oscars are taking place next Sunday and the New York Times is criticizing the Italian film “Io Capitano”, a work by Matteo Garrone. “It only tells part of the story,” writes Richard Braude, translator and activist at Porco Rosso, a “laboratory for anti-fascist and anti-racist ideas” in Palermo, in the American newspaper. “We should not lose sight of the fact that regardless of whether the film wins at the Oscars, Italy will continue to imprison people who deserve a reward instead,” explains Braude. “I Captain” received the nomination for best international film, but according to the review in the NYT, it “tells of a simpler world than the real one because it avoids addressing Europe's role in strengthening its borders while punishing the captains is covered by the credits.” “. Because “what happens next to people like Seydou are arrests, interrogations, long trials and in most cases prison,” writes Braude and specifies that “anyone who helps a refugee boat in the Mediterranean is Human trafficking can be accused, regardless of whether they are humanitarian workers or migrants who have taken control of the ship for some reason.”
While Garrone's film is partly inspired by the story of Fofana Amara, a young man from Guinea who escaped prison, “many others – according to the activist – were not so lucky”.
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