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Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by cast themselves, published by Playground Productions in 2015 - English narration

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Illegal migrants and asylum seekers are housed in refugee centers in Serbia following dramatic flights from the wars and destitution gripping areas of North Africa and the Middle East. These people must pass through a complex period of adaptation to life in Serbia, though in most cases their aim is to arrive in countries within the European Union. This incisive docudrama highlights the sociopolitical context in which they show their individual worth, in the process becoming protagonists with whom viewers can identify and whose struggles with adversity and uncertain fates they can understand. While filming this movie, ´ilnik realized that many local people were friendly to the migrants, partly because of the fact that several of their own family member had emigrated to the countries that these people were trying to reach, and also because, for the elderly, they remembered the friendly relations established during the times of the Non-Aligned Movement, when students from decolonized countries studied in Yugoslavia. While working on the film, the crew also witnessed the rising tide of hate speech coming from right-wing parties, just as in the 1990s when the same strategies were used to add fuel to the wartime ideology of hate.