Review: ‘Green Border’ is an unflinching look at Poland’s migrant crisis, one with global resonance
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: ‘Green Border’ is an unflinching look at Poland’s migrant crisis, one with global resonance

LA Times  

The luckless souls inhabiting Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border” have little light in their eyes. A grim drama about Europe’s refugee crisis, the movie chronicles this labyrinthine tragedy from three disparate perspectives: those of a migrant family, a ragtag group of activists and a morally blind border guard. The film’s second narrative strand concerns Jan, an amiable Polish border guard brainwashed by his superiors into assuming that all refugees are secretly terrorists plotting to destroy Poland. “Green Border” condemns her homeland’s abusive behavior toward migrants.

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She made an honest movie about Poland’s migrant crisis. That’s when her problems began
5 months, 4 weeks ago

She made an honest movie about Poland’s migrant crisis. That’s when her problems began

LA Times  

It is 10 p.m. in Berlin and Polish director Agnieszka Holland, just back from a long day on the set to take part in a Zoom interview, is too exhausted to care that she’s inadvertently sitting in front of a cut-out of Mary Poppins, of all people, in her Hollywood-themed hotel room. A scene from Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border.” For …

"Society is ready to kill": Director Agnieszka Holland on the refugee crisis and film "Green Border"
6 months ago

"Society is ready to kill": Director Agnieszka Holland on the refugee crisis and film "Green Border"

Salon  

Agnieszka Holland’s astonishing epic “Green Border” presents the current refugee crisis from multiple points of view to illuminate the moral and emotional complexities of this hot button political issue. Perhaps too real; the film struck a nerve with the Polish President Andrzej Duda as well as right-wing members of the government, including the ministers of justice, education and the interior …

Polish official harshly criticizes film that explores migration crisis at Poland-Belarus border
1 year, 3 months ago

Polish official harshly criticizes film that explores migration crisis at Poland-Belarus border

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — A leading member of Poland’s conservative government has sharply criticized a film that explores the humanitarian disaster affecting migrants along the Poland-Belarus border which premiered Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival. “Green Border,” by Polish director Agnieszka Holland, puts a spotlight on the refugee crisis that emerged two years ago at Belarus’ borders with the European Union …

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