LINKS: Films on Migration

–>  EUROPE

La Fortresse

Kingsley’s crossing

Caught in between

Outside of Europe: 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 (27 mins)

No Comment: documentary on the situation of migrants in Calais and Northern France attempting to get across to Britain (53 mins)

No Lagers: inspiring documentary on the resistance to detention centres across Europe (39 mins)

Living with Illegals: documentary following African migrants as they attempt to cross the Mediterranean and enter Europe, includes chapter on Calais crossing (52 mins)

In this World: fictional film about an Afghan boy as he makes his journey from Pakistan to Britain (88 mins)

Si no dejan: excellent documentary about the situation of illegalized migrants living in Barcelona (110 mins)

The Hop: film about the story of the trials and tribulations of a young ‘illegal’ Burundi boy confronting the Belgium authorities (104 mins)

Barbed Wire Beat: documentary following the moving and dynamic journey through the 10 years of campaigning against immigration detention at Campsfield detention centre (15 mins).

14 Kilometres: 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.

The Removed: A 2 minute campaign video about asylum seekers in the UK.

Welcome: fictional film about a young migrant learning how to swim in Calais to cross the Channel.

Plenty of other films on the website of the other touring exhibition Living on a Border

–> AMERICA

Uprooted: refugees of the global economy: 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 (28 mins).

Nowhere promised land: a portrait of European society formed by migration and relocation in search of the promised land (95 mins)

No 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.

Leaving or Dying: documentary looking at some of the most dangerous border crossings (including Morocco/ Spain, and Mexico/ USA) where hundreds of migrants die each year (50 mins)