Green Border
dir. Agnieszka Holland · 2023
The struggle for survival and dignity in the face of systemic oppression reveals the resilience of the human spirit.
Julia, a newly minted activist, finds herself in the treacherous forests of the “green border,” where the lives of desperate refugees intertwine with her own. As she grapples with the moral complexities of her activism, the film immerses viewers in a world where hope is a fragile thread amidst geopolitical manipulation.
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 trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.
