Water to Tabato

In midsummer 2011 Paulo Carneiro and set out as assistant director for a film crew working on a project on the west African coast There he unexpectedly ended up shooting his own film a documentary report about a sinking ship near the coast of GuineaBissau on which he was a passenger The digital camera records the growing panic on the ship after it has gotten stuck in the ocean in an oppressive nighttime atmosphere In shaky interview footage we see passengers move from an initial apathy to nervous anxiety and from there fluidly to a fear for their lives The growing tension on board is reflected in the films ever quickening tempo