Between May 2009 and 2010 hundreds of African immigrants were intercepted in the Sicilian canal and pushed back to Libya. Following the agreements between Gheddafi and Berlusconi all ships of the immigrants were systematically brought back to Libyan territory, where there are no rights to protection and the police exercises undisturbed abuse and violence. In March 2011, with the outbreak of the war in Libya, everything changed. Thousands of African immigrants fled, between these displaced Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalians, who were before victims of the Italian rejection and took refuge in the UNHCR camps of Shousha in Tunisia. In the documentary they are the ones telling in first person what it means to be rejected, describing what happened on those ships. It is about direct testimonials that bring to light the violence and violations committed by Italy to the damage of defenceless, innocent people in search of protection. A political strategy for which Italy has been recently condemned by the European Court for human rights.

Andrea Segre, doctor of research in sociology of communication, he is a director of documentaries for television and cinema, in addition to projects for International solidarity. Between his principal works: Marghera canale Nord (selection 60° Mostra del Cinema di Venezia), La Mal’ombra (Avanti! Award at 25° TorinoFilmFestival) and Come un uomo sulla terra (finalist David Donatello), Magari le cose cambiano (premio UCCA- 20 city at 27° TorinoFilmFestival), Il sangue verde and Io sono Li. He is the founder for the association ZaLab.

Stefano Liberti, journalist of Manifesto, has published his reports in various Italian and foreign journals, such as L’espresso, El País Semanal and Le Monde Diplomatique. In 2004 he published together with Tiziana Barrucco Lo Stivale meticcio. L’immigrazione in Italia oggi. He collaborates with the television program C’era una volta and is in between the curators of Mwinda, website of geopolitical analysis in Africa. He won the prize Indro Montanelli for the text A sud di Lampedusa in 2009, in 2010 has won the prize L’anello Debole with the reportage L’inferno dei bambini stregoni.