Not Waving, But Drowning (2010)
Not Waving, But Drowning materialises the experience of Indian refugees during their arrest and detention by the harbour police in Zeebruges, Belgium. Within the tense, haunted context of the harbour and the seaside, and together with them, we slowly lose all sense of time and place. Without investigating their past or their future, the human traffic organisations or the Belgian legislation, the film transgresses into the timelessness in which our society imprisons people without papers. This subtle analysis of human exclusion and the reduction of human beings to the physical body makes us wonder if a human can be illegal at all?
Director: Elias Grootaers
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 53 min
Release Date: January 30, 2010
Screenplay
Editing: Dieter Diependaele
Production: Cassette for Timescapes
Country: Belgium
Original Language: nl
More Films by Director: Elias Grootaers
More Films in Genre: Documentary
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Not Waving, But Drowning about?
- Not Waving, But Drowning materialises the experience of Indian refugees during their arrest and detention by the harbour police in Zeebruges, Belgium. Within the tense, haunted context of the harbour and the seaside, and together with them, we slowly lose all sense of time and place. Without investigating their past or their future, the human traffic organisations or the Belgian legislation, the film transgresses into the timelessness in which our society imprisons people without papers. This subtle analysis of human exclusion and the reduction of human beings to the physical body makes us wonder if a human can be illegal at all?
- Who directed Not Waving, But Drowning?
- Not Waving, But Drowning was directed by Elias Grootaers.
- How long is Not Waving, But Drowning?
- Not Waving, But Drowning has a runtime of 53m (53 minutes).
- What genre is Not Waving, But Drowning?
- Not Waving, But Drowning is a Documentary film.
- Where was Not Waving, But Drowning produced?
- Not Waving, But Drowning was produced in Belgium.