This is the second showing of Green Border for the Wisconsin Film Festival. It will take place at Flix Brewhouse at 2:45 PM in Cinema 8.
This powerful, gripping drama exposes the harrowing refugee crisis currently unfolding at the Polish border. The multi-character story begins in 2021, when people fleeing the Middle East and Africa are invited into Belarus and then transported to an unforgiving forested zone near the Polish border and encouraged to cross the sometimes-unprotected area. Those captured by Polish guards are violently forced back into Belarus, where the inhuman cycle begins again for the desperate migrants. Inspired by the more than 37 bodies that have been uncovered in the “Red Zone” between the two Eastern European nations, director Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa) lays bare the hypocrisy on both sides of the divide, shedding light on the innocent men, women, and children caught in the crossfire of political maneuvering. Holland excitingly shifts the story’s perspectives between those of the refugees, the border guards, and compassionate Polish citizens and activists, a boldly cinematic move that is reminiscent of her work on HBO’s politically charged series The Wire. Evocatively shot in black-and-white, Holland’s new movie powerfully captures the human toll of a crisis fueled by heartless politics. (JH)
Presented with support from UW-Madison Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and UW-Madison Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC)
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