A LETTER TO THE EU, from Syria
“you have to understand,
that no one puts their children in a boat
unless the water is safer than the land
no one burns their palms
under trains
beneath carriages
no one spends days and nights in the stomach of a truck feeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled
means something more than journey.
no one crawls under fences
no one wants to be beaten
pitied
no one chooses refugee camps or strip searches where your body is left aching
or prison,
because prison is safer than a city of fire” - An excerpt of Home by Warsan Shire
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A Letter to EU Leaders, from Syria is a multimedia chronicle of human stories from the Syrian Refugee Crisis, focused on a plea for humane treatment from EU Leaders.
From January to September 2021, it was estimated that 1,369 migrants died while crossings the Mediterranean Sea. In 2020, the number of deaths amounted to 1.4 thousand. However, the accurate number of deaths recorded in the Mediterranean Sea cannot ascertained. Between 2014 and 2018, for instance, about 12 thousand people who drowned were never found.
A year in the making, this short film was collaboratively made by people all over the world, through the power of being able to form connections through social media.
All interviews were filmed on-location in Syria.
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Ahmad and Osama are two incredible talented young men who’s childhood and life has been a constant struggle because of war.
If you would like to help them continue to follow their dreams, please consider donating using the link below. Any amount means something.
Donate Link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/a-letter-to?utm_term=rWykBpaV6
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Directed & Edited by ANTJE MANGEANT
Filmed by AHMED AKACHA, OSAMA NASER, SAMER DABOUL
Sound by ADAM BOKESCH
Translated by SABINE BENHMIDA
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