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July, 2024
San Francisco Krakow Sister Cities Association cordially invites you to a screening of Green Border, Agnieszka Holland's bruisingly powerful new refugee drama.
In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by government propaganda promising easy passage to the European Union. Unable to cross into Europe and unable to turn back, they find themselves trapped in a rapidly escalating geopolitical stand-off.
An unflinching depiction of the migrant crisis captured in stark black-and-white, this riveting film explores the intractable issue from multiple perspectives: a Syrian family fleeing ISIS caught between cruel border guards in both countries; young guards instructed to brutalize and reject the migrants; and activists who aid the refugees at great personal risk.
Thirty years after Europa Europa, three-time Oscar® nominee Agnieszka Holland brings a masterful eye for realism and deep compassion to this blistering critique of a humanitarian calamity that continues to unfold. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, Green Border is a poignant and essential work of cinema that opens our eyes and speaks to the heart, challenging viewers to reflect on the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day.
Green Border opens July 12th at The Roxie Theater in San Francisco.
For tickets, click here.
8/18/2020
What do the CEO of Youtube, the co-founder of 23andMe, and a UCSF physician have in common? An incredible mother. We hosted a webinar on Tuesday, August 18th with Esther Wojcicki
August 24, 2020
NEW ONLINE EXHIBIT CURATED BY Tomasz Strug, Galicia Jewish Museum CO-HOSTED BY THE Galicia Jewish Museum and San Francisco-Krakow Sister Cities Association