REVOLUTION ME FILM FESTIVAL
FRONT & CENTER:
ReFOCUS MEDIA labs
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 AT 12PM
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And Here We Are. A Film School in Moria
By Katja Riemann
Acclaimed German actor and author Katja Riemann makes her directorial debut telling the story of ReFOCUS Media Labs, a film school developed in Europe’s most notorious refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.
Young refugees have been learning to express their struggle through photography and film since 2018, but when fires destroy Moria they work with international media networks to tell the world what is happening in real-time..
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Nothing About US Without Us
By ReFOCUS Citizen Journalists
A documentary which serves as a call to action for mainstream media to develop a new standard of engagement with the communities they report upon.
Written, directed, filmed and edited by out citizen journalists, the film chronicles two tumultuous years of struggle on the Greek island of Lesvos before, during and after the fires that destroyed the infamous Moria refugee camp.
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Dead End
By Ahmad Ebrahimi and ReFOCUSxAthens
An Afghan family living in Athens, Greece are seeking asylum in Europe. They have tried several times to go to Germany illegally by plane to escape the limbo of the Greek asylum procedures and conditions in camps that violate human rights laws. Now if the lie they told to the asylum office in Greece is revealed, their asylum case will be rejected and they will be deported back to Afghanistan.
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FRACTURED: PODCAST "LIGHT YOUR SMALL CANDLE" S04E01
By Grupa Granica
In this compelling episode of Fractured, we delve deep into the ongoing refugee crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border. Our guest, Anna Alboth, a journalist and human rights activist, brings first-hand insights into this humanitarian disaster. Anna has been working closely with refugees affected by this crisis and provides a unique perspective on the political, social, and human rights issues at play.