The subject of migration, sometimes described as a ‘crisis’ or ‘challenge,’ occupies a prominent place in the political discourse of practically every country in the European Union. While an estimated 28,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea since 2014, and NGOs continue to sound the alarm on the myriad of abuses that migrants suffer at EU land borders, the far-right, propelled by its criticism of immigration, has continued to grow in several countries.
But while incendiary discourse rages in politics and media, cinema, on the other hand, has been able to reflect on migration in a more nuanced and humane way. One such example is Green Border by veteran filmmaker Agnieszka Holland. The film, which won the Special Jury Prize at the the most recent Venice Film Festival, has also sparked intense and polarised reactions in Holland’s native country of Poland.
Source: Can the unique language of cinema offer us a different perspective on migration? – Equal Times