I disagree with the criticism TVE has received for airing all three episodes of the series.sea law‘. Their audience success supports them. With a topic that wasn’t as ‘fun’ as the tragedy of the drifting of a boat full of Africans, they managed to dominate Sunday television night for two and a half hours straight.
The theory that the audience already has a heart like a tortoise shell and changes channels when we see poor immigrants trying to reach our shores at sea, yes this theory is partly true, this time it was not a compliment. The true story of the Santa Pola fishing boat ‘Francisco and Catalina’, which occurred in 2006 and helped 50 drifting Africans, constitutes the purpose of this production. Hero Luis Tosar as the captain of a fishing boat. As always: excellent. Moreover Blanca Portillo He embodies the role of Spain’s ambassador to Malta. Among immigrants I would like to highlight the Senegalese actor Laminated TiorThe person we see from time to time in ‘The Intermediate’ with a sharp and sharp sense of humour. There are profound moments in this series. He tells the boss that he has been wandering in the deserts for two years, beaten by the police, exploited by mafias, and harassed by satraps and chiefs. They become rich by shedding the blood of ‘blackness’. This group was as lucky as it gets: they found a humanist captain who knew that the law of the sea was to help and assist the shipwrecked. And a glint, a bright spike, appeared in the eyes of a girl who was getting into the boat with her mother. This three-year-old girl was rescued but learned that the only future for an African was to escape. In this series, we hear the sailors speaking in Catalan-Alicante. In all its naturalness. It is a normalization that I celebrate.
These three chapters depict only one part of the tragic African diaspora. The entire series is awaiting completion. From the moment they leave their country, their long and dramatic journey continues until they reach Europe. Survivors. Go ahead and see how we take these in Europe. I do not claim that it is a Hollywood production like ‘Raices, Kunta Kinte’. Just following what this girl went through and what she will live in the European ‘paradise’ is heartbreaking enough. A ‘truth’ series. A necessary look. Let our pupils sag in shame.