Yoole, The Sacrifice

Yoole, The Sacrifice

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 31, 2010

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Yoole (Le sacrifice)

Director

Moussa Sène Absa

Description

In April 2006, a small boat was found drifting aimlessly along the eastern coast of Barbados. Local fishermen left the boat alone for many weeks, assuming it had something to do with drug smuggling. It later emerged that the boat contained the bodies of 11 Senegalese people who had set out to Europe four months earlier. In Senegal, it is not unusual for young people to embark in a rickety vessel in search of money and happiness in Europe or North America.