TARAJAL is an investigative documentary that becomes a political tool for denouncing institutional violence and impunity at the Spanish border with Morocco. The project focuses on the events of February 6, 2014, when at least 15 migrant people died by drowning while attempting to swim to Tarajal beach in Ceuta. The Civil Guard responded with riot control equipment (rubber bullets, smoke and tear gas) against the bodies struggling to survive in the water.
The documentary articulates a rigorous investigation through videos recorded by witnesses, media footage, legal analysis and interviews with lawyers, activists and victims' relatives. Its strength lies in its capacity to dismantle the Spanish government's official narrative and to expose systematic practices of racist violence and the lack of institutional accountability.
TARAJAL is more than a chronicle of silenced events: it becomes a device for fighting for truth and justice. Its communicative strategy, centered on collaborative work and free distribution under Creative Commons license, seeks to break down the wall of opacity and generate social mobilization. The documentary is often screened in activism spaces, schools and committed institutions, and has contributed to keeping the case alive despite constant attempts at judicial archiving.
As a paradigmatic example of cinema committed to defending human rights, TARAJAL is inscribed within the practices of "audiovisual activism" that not only document structural violence but confront it head-on, offering the screen as a space of resistance, memory and demand for justice.
