SCREENING NOVEMBER 6 at 7:00 PM
About the film
In Moria, Greece, the largest refugee camp in the EU, an Afghan mother of two knows she must stay married to seek asylum, but she dreams of freedom. When violence strikes the camp, she must learn to fend for herself.
For eight months, German documentary filmmakers Ole Jacobs and Arne Büttner followed the Afghan Nasim and her family in the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, where at times 20,000 people had to live in a space designed for less than 3,000 people. This documentary observation shows with great empathy the daily life of the mother of two who time and again manages to deal impressively with the challenges of this unacceptable and extreme situation.
About the Twin Cities German Film Festival
The Germanic-American Institute is proud to announce a new annual event, the Twin Cities’ first German film festival! This four-day event is produced with support from the DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst and the Goethe-Institut Chicago. The inaugural theme, “Reel Women,” highlights German films with women at the center of the narrative—women who use their passions and skills to instigate changes in their own lives and in the lives of those around them.
Tickets:
Advance: $10
At the door: $12
