The Rescue List

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In a Ghanaian safe house, a team works to rehabilitate two boys who were trafficked into slavery on Lake Volta. Fishermen seeking cheap labor target vulnerable families, forcing young hands to paddle their boats and cast their nets under grueling conditions. Childhoods are lost on the lake. Even those who are saved are scarred—by their own experiences and by the memories of those they left behind. Twelve-year-old Edem watched as his friend dove below the water to untangle nets and never came back up. Seventeen-year-old Peter can’t stop thinking about his best friend, who is still enslaved to their master. As it moves from daring rescue operation to intimate healing process, The Rescue List follows the boys through their recovery and reveals the extraordinary dedication of their rescuer, Kwame. Going name by name, he combs the lake, confronting fishermen and removing children from their care in hopes of restoring young lives.  ST

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Directors

Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink

Producers

Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink, Davis Coombe

Editors

Alyssa Fedele, Davis Coombe

Cinematographer

Zachary Fink

Release Year

2018

Festival Year

2018

Country

Ghana

Run Time

81 minutes

Subtitled

Yes