A portrait of Syrian boys, unaccompanied by their parents, living in a camp for immigrants on the Greek island of Samos.

Container

A portrait of Syrian boys, unaccompanied by their parents, living in a camp for immigrants on the Greek island of Samos.

Introduction by Debarati Sanyal, Professor of French at UC Berkeley.

Debarati Sanyal Introduction

Introduction by Debarati Sanyal, Professor of French at UC Berkeley.

Rental fee: $12Discounted fee for BAMPFA members: $8Members: to receive your discount, you must log in to Eventive with the same email address you use to receive BAMPFA member communications. A tiny piece of Europe on the African continent holds a strong pull for African refugees. Morocco shares a border with Melilla, one of two Spanish coastal cities in northern Africa. On Mount Gurugu, which looks down on the city, hundreds of refugees, primarily from sub-Saharan Africa, live in a temporary camp as they repeatedly attempt to cross into Europe. Tantalizingly close, the border is entirely circumscribed by a series of fences watched over by border police and surveillance cameras. Filmmakers Moritz Siebert and Estephan Wagner gave a camera to one of the refugees, Malian Abou Bakar Sidibé, and invited him to document daily life in the camp. His personal footage—of police raids, discussions of camp politics, a soccer rivalry, searching for food, a performance of an autobiographical rap song—creates what&nbsp;Variety&nbsp;critic Jay Weissberg called “one of the most authentic films on this highly charged topic.” Sidibé himself says, “I feel I exist when I film.”

Those Who Jump

Footage shot by a Malian refugee provides a personal view of daily life in a camp outside a Spanish city on the edge of Morocco, where hundreds of Africans live while attempting to cross into Europe. With Daphne Matziaraki’s shorts CONTAINER and 4.1 MILES.

This bonus short film follows the Greek Coast Guard for one day as they rescue refugees off the island of Lesbos.

4.1 Miles

This bonus short film follows the Greek Coast Guard for one day as they rescue refugees off the island of Lesbos.

A live conversation recorded on September 10, 2020 with Daphne Matziaraki, maker of the short films&nbsp;Container&nbsp;and&nbsp;4.1 Miles&nbsp;and a graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and UC Berkeley Professor of Visual Journalism Andrés Cediel.

Container and 4.1 Miles Livestream Conversation

A live conversation recorded on September 10, 2020 with Daphne Matziaraki, maker of the short films Container and 4.1 Miles and a graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and UC Berkeley Professor of Visual Journalism Andrés Cediel.

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