GREEN BORDER
Sat
26
Sat 26 Oct 4:15 PM
New Farm Cinemas Cinema 3
Allocated Seating
152 Mins
A family of refugees from Syria, an English teacher from Afghanistan and a border guard all meet on the Polish-Belarusian border during the most recent humanitarian crisis in Belarus.
In the treacherous forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa try to reach the European Union. Unwittingly trapped in a political game cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko to provoke the European powers. Refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine. 30 years after Europa Europa, three-time Oscar Nominee Agnieszka Holland’s poignant new feature Green Border opens our eyes, speaks to the heart, and challenges us to reflect on the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day.
In the treacherous forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa try to reach the European Union. Unwittingly trapped in a political game cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko to provoke the European powers. Refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine. 30 years after Europa Europa, three-time Oscar Nominee Agnieszka Holland’s poignant new feature Green Border opens our eyes, speaks to the heart, and challenges us to reflect on the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day.
