Tune in at 7pm Friday evening for a film screening of Transit Zone (Dir. Frederik Subei, 2015, 32 mins), an award-winning documentary exploring 'the jungle' camps of Calais, where up to 6,000 refugees reside while they seek a new life.
Transit Zone is an authentic insight into the life of refugees in the jungle of Calais. We enter the perspective of 'Teefa' who has fled the regime in Sudan. His dream is to make it one day onto one of the lorries leading to the UK – and hopefully a better life. But despite a remarkable sense of community, the conditions in the jungle are harsh and taking its toll. Teefa has spent almost half a year in the camp and is tired of trying to cross, as only a few are lucky enough to succeed. After all jungles are evicted by the police in order to move the refugees to a new camp, Teefa starts to question the greatness of Britain and considers other options instead. The filmmaker spent 3 months in the camp living with the refugees during the winter. The result is an intimate and atmospheric creative documentary which goes far beyond the ordinary news report.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions with Under One Sky project artist Iman Tajik, who collaborated on the film. Join the conversation all this week on the global community facebook group in the run-up to World Refugee Day.
FREE EVENT, All welcome.
This event is hosted via Facebook Watch Party – click here at 7pm on Friday to join.
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About the project
Deveron Projects' Slow Marathon 2020: Under One Sky is a global walking project with artist Iman Tajik. Participants are logging their km/miles and engaging with themes of borders, migration, and freedom/restriction of movement. Join us at www.deveron-projects.com/slowmarathon2020.
