Nominated for a Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award, The New Yorker's LIFEBOAT depicts an intense refugee rescue mission by the German NGO Seawatch, who risk the dangerous waves of the Mediterranean in the dead of night to save refugees from sinking rafts pushing off from Libya. The moving short documentary puts a human face on one of the world's greatest contemporary global crises and showcases humanity's bravery and compassion in a seemingly hopeless time. | Vanity Fair

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