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Green Border

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July 11 @ 1:15 pm

Playing in the CCA Cinema

July 5-11

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 an urgent 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.

Director/writer: Agnieszka Holland
Writers: Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Lazarkiewisz, Agnieszka Holland
Features: Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai
Running Time: 2 hrs. 32 min.
 
Film: Drama
Language: Polish, Arabic, English, French [English subtitles]

$13

Note: Tickets are only $3.00 for EBT cardholders

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Santa Fe, NM 87505 United States
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