What really is the border between the North and the South? How do we define the “better” life? How do we view each other’s societies? What misery is hiding in the apparent comfort of Northern and European societies? What misery is hiding in the apparent comfort of Northern and European societies? This year’s children and adolescents seem ever-present in the programmes submitted. Is it because they are the primary victims in our societies? We have five films to watch and reflect upon. This first session looks specifically at the question of North versus South. With the movement of families all around the word in search of work or a better life, this question is no longer purely geographic. We will also raise the issue of conclusions drawn by programme-makers from the North looking at other cultures.
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A searing film about three Swedish women whose children were seized. But are we outraged because the children were kidnapped by their foreign fathers and taken to… -
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