And now for something completely different! As part of our IMPACT day, London Breeze is thrilled to present the UK premiere of writer-director Ian Urbina and composer William Segal’s animated musical rap documentary exposing the lawless world of international waters. The film is drawn from ten years of reporting, and features vocal talent from Broadway’s Hamilton- including Sydney James Harcourt and Brandon Victor Dixon.

For over ten years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Urbina embarked on a journey to expose the truths of what happens on the high seas. Over 50 million people work offshore in a realm without governments, police or oversight. What he found was a hidden world. On the outlaw ocean, bad actors take advantage for their own gain, and good actors exploit legal loopholes to achieve what could never be done on land. The reporting behind these stories is stunning and important. Stowaways left out to die at sea; Vigilantes chasing an illegal fishing ship; A man recalling the trauma of being enslaved on a ship. Crimes against human rights, crimes against the environment- made possible through the void of government on the water that covers two thirds of the planet.

In Rhapsody on the Outlaw Ocean, these true and harrowing stories are rendered into an animated musical rap documentary that follows the path of the Journalist as he traverses the high seas by ship from Antarctica to the South China Sea to the North Atlantic and beyond, uncovering the unbelievable stories of the people who work on the world’s oceans.

The feature will be preceded by short film, Iridescence (FRA 4 min) Dir. Adrien LHoste.

A small drop of water tries to survive in a deserted futuristic world.