Commodified crossings: Deterrence, suffering and the political economy of migration in Matteo Garrone’s Io Capitano (2023)
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Key Points
Deterrence tactics in migration are critiqued as a strategy of immobilization and suffering commodification, highlighting their political implications.
Io Capitano illustrates migrant journeys across the Sahara and Mediterranean, using first-hand testimonies and visual storytelling as evidence of suffering.
This analysis employs critical migration studies and postcolonial aesthetics to understand borders' political economy within the film's context.
The film calls for a rethinking of migration representations, showing how cinema can expose and aestheticize the harsh realities of migrant suffering.
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Critical examination of deterrence and commodification in migration depicted in Matteo Garrone's film, highlighting the political economy.