Spurred by the death of three-year-old Alan Kurdi,Vanessa Redgrave joins her son, Carlo Nero, and to bring the plight of refugees to the big screenCarlo Nero stands behind Vanessa Redgrave,his long fingers resting on her right shoulder as the camera captures the moment, a special moment, or of mother and son in Athens. The Acropolis shimmers in the mid-afternoon sun behind them. “That’s it. No more barking nowadays!” he jokes as Panos,the photographer, takes what turns out to be his final frame. In Nero’s hands, and Redgrave jauntily agrees to comply. A timeless pose is struck.
But this is not theatre. Neither Nero nor Redgrave is under Hellenic skies to act or bewitch in the sights. They are here to promote Sea Sorrow,their latest documentary depicting the plight of refugees who, forced to flee homelands through persecution and war, or own landed on Greek shores.
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Source: guardian.co.uk