Marcus Lindeen’s new documentary confronts its viewers with their obsession with sex and violence. Santiago Genovés, a Mexican anthropologist, decided to isolate and study a group of people on a raft while crossing the Atlantic ocean for 3 months in 1973. He got the idea for this study when, in November 1972, he was flying to a conference on violence and his plane was hijacked by a group of terrorists. Santiago was hoping that by this isolation and confronting the participants with harsh situations, he would find the root of the human conflicts. After many people volunteered to participate in…
Scene from documentary film THE RAFT by Marcus Lindeen, that reunites participants of the Acali expedition from 1973, where eleven people drifted across The Atlantic as part of a controversial scientific study in human behavior. From left to right: Mary Gidley, Edna Reves, Fé Seymour, Eisuke Yamaki, Maria Björnstam and Servane Zanotti.
