Voyage of the Vezo

Director: Giovanni Paolo Autran

Madagascar 2008

Nominated for Best Short Film

Winner: Environmental Choice Award for Best Short Film

Screening times 6pm Thursday 21 May & 2pm Saturday 30 May (24 mins)

An outstanding short film that will have you mesmerised by the beauty and colour of the exotic scenery and emotionally engaged with the plight of the Vezo - the coastal society of southwest Madagascar. Their livelihood has always relied on the reef, but as fewer and smaller fish are being caught Maro Bezozo wonders if the Vezo’s relationship with the ocean has fallen out of balance. Maro and his nephew Sambalahay embark on a 100 km voyage, sailing north to seek understanding and solutions. This is their story.

 

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