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As long as people and vessels are on the water, search and rescue operations will be needed. Yet operating conditions are always challenging: search and rescue teams face constant risks, chronic funding shortages, and changing weather patterns due to climate change. Searchlight is an intimate look at what it's like to risk your life as a search and rescue volunteer. Leonie, Lawrie, and Jasmin provide an on-call search and rescue service for the UK and Ireland, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They are the very embodiment of losing yourself in the service of others.
What our screening reviewers said: "Perhaps our enduring search for balance and happiness in life should focus less on the self and more on society?" "I never knew what this job entailed - these women are amazing!" "Every boater should see."
This film is a part of Water:
SALTLINES
TWO KINDS OF WATER
SEARCHLIGHT
NOTE: These films comprise our gorgeous WATER triptych by Dan McDougall.
- Year2022
- Runtime30 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryScotland
- DirectorDan McDougall
- ProducerNina Ross & Navdip Dhariwal
- CinematographerDewald Brand & Luke Pallett
- EditorCarol Howell
As long as people and vessels are on the water, search and rescue operations will be needed. Yet operating conditions are always challenging: search and rescue teams face constant risks, chronic funding shortages, and changing weather patterns due to climate change. Searchlight is an intimate look at what it's like to risk your life as a search and rescue volunteer. Leonie, Lawrie, and Jasmin provide an on-call search and rescue service for the UK and Ireland, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They are the very embodiment of losing yourself in the service of others.
What our screening reviewers said: "Perhaps our enduring search for balance and happiness in life should focus less on the self and more on society?" "I never knew what this job entailed - these women are amazing!" "Every boater should see."
This film is a part of Water:
SALTLINES
TWO KINDS OF WATER
SEARCHLIGHT
NOTE: These films comprise our gorgeous WATER triptych by Dan McDougall.
- Year2022
- Runtime30 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryScotland
- DirectorDan McDougall
- ProducerNina Ross & Navdip Dhariwal
- CinematographerDewald Brand & Luke Pallett
- EditorCarol Howell