The Last Voyage of Eva Jocelyn
Director Andrés Salaberri; Daniel Burgui Iguzkiza
Countries Spain
Duration 22 min
Synopsis
On November 8, 2013, typhoon Yolanda (internationally named as Haiyan) swept across the Philippines and caused utter devastation and more than 6,000 deaths. But it also brought the 3,000-tonvessel Eva Jocelyn a hundred meters inland to the district 68 of Tacloban City. Along the way, the boat hit a dozen or so houses and caused several deaths. Soon after the tragedy, life started to reemerge around her. Over time, the residents of the Barangay 68 and the Eva Jocelyn itself have built a delicate relationship of interdependency. In an umbilical cord-like manner, a cable runs from the ship onto the ground connecting the houses of the neighborhood to an auxiliary electricity generator, the only gear that actually works in the ship. Nine months later, her crew members keep waiting for orders to tow, refloat or chop the vessel.
On November 8, 2013, typhoon Yolanda (internationally named as Haiyan) swept across the Philippines and caused utter devastation and more than 6,000 deaths. But it also brought the 3,000-tonvessel Eva Jocelyn a hundred meters inland to the district 68 of Tacloban City. Along the way, the boat hit a dozen or so houses and caused several deaths. Soon after the tragedy, life started to reemerge around her. Over time, the residents of the Barangay 68 and the Eva Jocelyn itself have built a delicate relationship of interdependency. In an umbilical cord-like manner, a cable runs from the ship onto the ground connecting the houses of the neighborhood to an auxiliary electricity generator, the only gear that actually works in the ship. Nine months later, her crew members keep waiting for orders to tow, refloat or chop the vessel.