The Rescue List

POV
  • Feature Film
  • 2019
  • 90 Mins

In a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana, two children are recovering from enslavement to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another mission and asks the children for help. Charting the unfolding drama, The Rescue List tells a moving story of friendship and courage—transcending tropes of victimhood and illustrating what it means to love and survive.

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Official Trailer | The Rescue List

  • Feature Film
  • 2019

Trailer

In a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana, two children are recovering from enslavement to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another mission and asks the children for help. Charting the unfolding drama, The Rescue ...

Lesson Plan Clip 1 | The Rescue List

  • Feature Film
  • 2019

Clip

In a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana, two children are recovering from enslavement to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another mission and asks the children for help. Charting the unfolding drama, The Rescue ...

Lesson Plan Clip 2 | The Rescue List

  • Feature Film
  • 2019

Clip

In a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana, two children are recovering from enslavement to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another mission and asks the children for help. Charting the unfolding drama, The Rescue ...

Lesson Plan Clip 3 | The Rescue List

  • Feature Film
  • 2019

Clip

In a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana, two children are recovering from enslavement to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another mission and asks the children for help. Charting the unfolding drama, The Rescue ...

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Lesson Plan

  • Grades 6-8,
  • Grades 9-10,
  • Grades 11-12

CHILDREN IN THE WAKE: The Collateral Consequences of Modern Slavery on Childhood

Discussion Guide

The Rescue List: Discussion Guide

Reading List

The Rescue List Delver Deeper Reading List

Film Credits

  • Zachary Fink DirectorThe Rescue List - Zachary Fink.jpg
  • Alyssa Fedele DirectorThe Rescue List - Alyssa Fedele.jpg

About the Film

Critical Acclaim

Eye-opening and empathetic, The Rescue List is the kind of issue-driven doc that betters the world by mere virtue of its existence.

David Ehrlich, IndieWire

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