Jermaine Francis

Leviathan Cycle, Episode 5: Ismael

Shezad Dawood

Houda Echouafni, Zed Josef

Our protagonists are taken captive aboard a gigantic cargo ship, whose megalomaniacal captain Ismael entertains biblical pretensions. Ben is made to ‘pay his passage’, while a ghostly Yasmine stalks the empty corridors of the ship. Whales and whaling become a key subject – interrogating colonial and indigenous politics in the process.