Barcelona or Die

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Thiaroye, Senegal was once a peaceful fishing village. But now, it's a prime location from which illegal boats to Europe depart. Most fishermen want to leave, as there isn't even enough fish left to feed the families.

Modou is thirty and has twice attempted the perilous journey to Europe. Each time, he nearly lost his life but he's determined to try his luck again. And the next generation is ready to follow.

Talla, Modou's cousin is an English teacher who has chosen to stay in Senegal to work for the development of his country. He tries to make his students aware of the dangers of crossing and the importance of staying in Senegal, despite the fact that most of them have lost all hope in the future of the country.

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Main credits

Guiro, Idrissa (film director)
Guiro, Idrissa (cinematographer)
Bortot, Valentine (film producer)
Sowié, Moussa (narrator)

Other credits

Montage, Thomas Lallier, Idrissa Guiro; musique originale, Alice Perret.

MARC Record See Worldcat record

Keywords

refugee; senegal; barcelona; illegal; immigration; "Barcelona or Die"; Icarus Films

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Do you agree with Fatou?
Uh… She mentioned a motto

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that people say every
time, \"Barca or Barcaq?\"

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What is Barca, Barca is like Barcelona
uh… which is uh… a big town

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in Spain and Barcaq which means what,

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the afterlife, the afterlife.
It means that somehow

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if you analyze this, that people are not really
afraid of dying. And you know that last year,

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2006, in February in March,
many, many people died

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and still people are not afraid. Young
people are doing everything they can to go,

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still parents are doing everything they can

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to send their sons to Europe.
They know that people are dying.

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But why do they do that, they know it is
dangerous, they know people are dying

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and still they are sending their sons
to Europe. Umm… Because they are like,

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umm… their son succeed in his life.

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They want their sons to succeed in
their lives. Yes. And… and help them.

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And help them. I want to ask you,
do you know someone who died?

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Can give us names, someone who died… uh…

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Myself, I know. I know,
for example (inaudible),

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I know uh… for example umm… (inaudible),

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you see, (inaudible). Those
guys are my, you know, cousins

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and they died, they died. So and,
guys, you, what do you think of that?

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Do you know anybody who died last year?

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Yes, I do. Do you? Yes? Is he
or she your… I don\'t know.

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My brother. Your brother? Yes. From
same mother, same father, or…?

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No, father. Same father? Yes. And he died?
Yes. When was that?

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In March or… No, May. May, in May? Yeah.

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Okay. So uh… Sam, do you have a brother
or a friend, or someone that you know

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who disappeared, or who died, or
who went and was brought back?

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Do you have any? Yeah, I know, Sheena said.

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Sheena said? Okay. And today, she was…

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is in Europe and work there.

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Oh, he took the boats from (inaudible) to…

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… to Europe. And he succeeded, he is over
there? He is in Spain or… He is Spain?

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Yeah, in Spain. And he got a job?
And she send it her family,

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the money. Okay, cool. Busso, do you have?

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My half-brother. Your half-brother?

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He has died before… Died? Yes.
Oh, sorry about that.

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And my twin. There was…

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there was food there…

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So we understand, Busso, we understand.
She lost her twin.

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Don\'t cry, baby, don\'t cry. It\'s alright.
I didn\'t know that, I\'m sorry.

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She is, uh… you know, a touch…
Anyway, don\'t cry, okay?

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Guys, uh… five minutes break.
Let\'s have pause

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for just a few minutes, uh… to let
Sister Busso come back with us.

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She is, uh… you know, a touch…
Anyway don\'t cry, okay?

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Difficulty or difficulties

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in life. What else? Okay.

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Here people go over… They think that

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Europe has a better life. Alright.
Europe, better place,

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better life in Europe. Better life in,
that\'s what people would like to have.

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It means that somehow, the
life people live here is,

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uh… you know, just uh… as
(inaudible) said, unbearable.

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And everybody here, they say, \"Uh…
Boy, I want to go to Europe.\"

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Everybody, even if you ask young,
young, young boys or young girls, okay.

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Everybody. Most of
mentioned the government.

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So what do you think? Yes, Fatou. The
government instead of giving them job,

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prepare to spend the money
by preparing meetings

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for the election.

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Alright. Well, that\'s what many,
many, many people here Senegal say.

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Instead of helping young people, you know,
to get a job, instead of building schools,

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instead of, you know, they
spend all their time,

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all they have in meetings, in
campaigns, you know, to reelection.

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So do you share Fatou\'s idea? What
do you think of the government?

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They are here for some (inaudible).
Do you mean, do you want to say

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that they just, you know,
steal money for themselves?

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And if they take that money what do they do with the
money. Well, we have seen that many politicians,

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you know, they have very
big houses, very nice!

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Big cars, beautiful cars, what
do you think of all that?

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For example, I\'m elected uh… member
of Parliament and a year later,

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I have a very, very big house,
a very, very big and nice car,

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you know, I have, you know,
many, many wives everywhere.

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What do you think of that?

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If you go to Europe, you\'ll be a cleaner

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and people refuse to be cleaners here in
Senegal, you know. If you go to Europe,

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you\'ll be a babysitter and people
don\'t want to be babysitters here,

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etc, etc, many things. The
jobs they refuse here

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in our own country, if they go abroad,
they do that. You see the problem?

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But the only problem may be, the job you get here
in Senegal, if you go to Europe, the same job,

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you\'ll earn much more money than here.
This is the problem.

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And how can we solve that, so this is
a big question. We have to stand up,

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we have to stand up and do something.

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Don\'t minimise anything, anything.
It is very possible.

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I think that we can get developed. But
it depends on us, it depends on you,

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it depends on me, on all
of us, it depends on us.

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If we work hard, we can succeed.

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