BLACK TIDE
Genre
Documentary and Animation
Running time
14 minutes
Year
2024
Language
French and English
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
Mauritius and Reunion
Director
Kim Yip Tong
Bio
Producer
Jonathan Rubin, Bérangère Condomines, Arnauld Boulard
Cast
Jérôme Bonieux, Jeff Azzopardi, Shica Teeluck Marday, Jean Daniel Yeung Yin, Kennedy Azzopardi, Sylvain Séblin, Marie Giblot Ducray, Dominique Fayd'herbe De Maudave, Bernard Toinette, Davina Aubeeluck Bauluck, Christophe Bauluck
Scriptwriter
Kim Yip Tong
SHOWTIME
Tue
10.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 2
9:30 PM - 11:07 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Wed
11.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 3
9:45 PM - 11:22 PM
Price: 40 SAR
On July 25, 2020, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on the reef on the east coast of Mauritius. The local fishing community, for whom the sea was everything, waited in vain for an official salvage operation as oil gushed from the disintegrating wreck, spreading to every corner of the lagoon and up the waterways. This lyrical, beautifully drawn animation, with commentary from those who witnessed this disaster, pays tribute to the Mauritians who united to save their precious environment.
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