Migrants on the border (of the Polish imagination)
The release of Agnieszka Holland’s film The Green Border (Zielona Granica), which depicts the human drama of people pushed across the Polish-Belarusian border and the helplessness of activists willing to help them – helplessness resulting from the specific political decisions of the Polish authorities – has been met with unprecedented heckling and brutal attacks in Poland. The outrage of the country’s highest-ranking politicians from the United Right coalition was clear.
November 16, 2023 -
Piotr Augustyniak
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A scene from Agnieszka Holland’s film “The Green Border” which depicts the multi-layered reality that is unfolding at the Polish-Belarusian border. Photo: Promotional material courtesy of Films Boutique