Film Library
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FILMS for NO BORDERS UK INFO TOUR
(Disclaimer: This is just a guide. Unless otherwise stated, screening rights are not included and it is your own responsibility to sort out)
Films we have:
No Comment: (53 mins)
Documentary on the situation of migrants in Calais and Northern France attempting to get across to Britain
Outside of Europe (27mins):
Critical, short documentary examining the exclusionary nature of EU immigration and border policies and the responsibilities that are placed on periphery countries to 'manage' the flow of migrants and refugees. Includes Ukraine No Border Camp footage
http://www.wideopenexposure.com/OoEUPlay.php
No Lagers: (39 mins)
Inspiring documentary on the resistance to detention centres across Europe
[no copyright needed]
http://www.noborder.org/nolager/more/video.html
Living with Illegals (52 mins)
Documentary following African migrants as they attempt to cross the Mediterrenean and enter Europe, includes chapter on Calais crossing
http://www.insightnewstv.com/illegals/
In this World: (88 mins)
Fictional film about an Afghan boy as he makes his journey from Pakistan to Britain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_This_World
Leaving or Dying (50 mins)
Documentary looking at some of the most dangerous border crossings (including Morocco/ Spain, and Mexico/ USA) where hundreds of migrants die each year and asks the question, to what lengths will people go to survive?
Si no dejan (110 mins):
Excellent documentary about the situation of illegalized migrants living in Barcelona. Mainly in Spanish with English subtitles, good overview of conditions for different migrants; African, Polish, Nort american, Latin American (filmmaker usually sympathetic if asked to screen film for free)
The Hop (104 mins)
Film about the story of the trials and tribulations of a young 'illegal' Burundi boy confronting the Belgium authorities
http://www.filmmovement.com/downloads/press/HOPPressKit.pdf
Barbed wire beat: (15 mins)
Documentary following the moving and dynamic journey through the 10 years of campaigning against immigration detention at Campsfield Detention Centre
Amsterdam detention ships (9 mins):
Short film documenting a mass action in Holland against the building of detention ships to incarcerate migrants. [no copyright needed] – DVD might not work, get in touch
Uprooted: Refugees of the Global Economy (28 mins):
Documentary about how the global economy has forced people to leave their home countries. UPROOTED presents three stories of immigrants who left their homes in Bolivia, Haiti, and the Philippines after global economic powers devastated their countries, only to face new challenges in the United States.
http://www.nnirr.org/shop/video.php, http://www.nnirr.org/get/get_video.html
We don’t have these, but we recommend them:
France 24 report (20 mins)
Report from mainstream French national television on the situation of migrants in Calais IN ENGLISH – can be watched ONLINE.
http://www.france24.com/en/20081128-reporters-france-immigration-illegal-sangatte-afghan-calais-uk
14 KILOMETERS
A film re-creating the journey from west Sub-Saharan Africa to Spain by three would-be immigrants. “14 KILOMETERS” is honest in its portrayal of physical and psychological stress and in its refusal to craft a well-rounded plot from real-life horrors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGg060b3cQk
Nowhere promised land: (1 hr 35 mins)
A portrait of European society formed by migration and relocation in search of the promised land.
http://en.unifrance.org/movie/29715/nowhere-promised-land
‘Ghosts’: Nick Broomfield
The story of the Morecombe bay cockle pickers
http://british-chinese.blogspot.com/2007/01/ghosts-story-of-morcambe-bay-cockle.html
New world border
Film documenting the rise of human rights abuses along the US-Mexico border since the implementation of border walls (such as Operation Gatekeeper) that have been erected in populated areas throughout the border region during the last decade.
http://www.progressivefilms.org/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=180
NOTES
Any questions email nobordersnortheast@ucrony.net - We have got more films, these are just the ones that are more relevant to the Calais Tour
Please add any film titles you feel may be relevant
Lots more titles here - http://www.mediarights.org/issues/immigration/