Vanessa Redgrave tackles migrant crisis in directing debut

Actress Vanessa Redgrave was expected to attend the premiere of her directing debut in London Tuesday, a film about refugees featuring fellow stage stars Ralph Fiennes and Emma Thompson.

"Sea Sorrow" recounts the lives of refugees fleeing European war zones during the last century and aims to have an impact on viewers.

"We all get tired, we've got to be reminded of the deeper things that make it worthwhile to live and to help others, and that's really why we made this film," Redgrave, 79, told the Press Association.

The Oscar-winning actress filmed "Sea Sorrow" in countries including France, Greece, Italy and Lebanon, beginning the project after an image of a Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach went viral.

"First and foremost it was my horror at the fact so many refugees were dying who should have been given safe passage, and could have been...