Refugee status: Privileged

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dc.contributor.authorKazkaz, Rana
dc.contributor.editorHemelryk Donald, Stephanieen
dc.contributor.editorSorbera, Luciaen
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-10T13:48:32Z
dc.date.available2019-12-10T13:48:32Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe idea for the short film Mare Nostrum (Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf, 2016) came to me as a result of several experiences I had in April 2015. At that time, I was making a documentary with Syrian refugees living in Jordan and three of them were contemplating taking the illegal boat ride across the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. None of them knew how to swim. Next, while at a dinner party in Amman, I was shocked to hear judgmental words aimed at those who dared risk their lives to cross the sea in the name of hope: “selfish”; “such greed”; “they should stay where they are”. Then, I saw a news reporter state that nearly 800 people had drowned that day trying to cross the Mediterranean. Finally, while researching information about Syrian refugees, I learned that an Italian initiative that had been rescuing people from the sea had been terminated. It was called Operation Mare Nostrum. With all this information, the cinematic images formed in my mind: a father throws his daughter in the sea, no dialogue. Only at the end do we understand he was teaching her to survive. This is an account of the making of Mare Nostrum.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationKazkaz, R. (2019) 'Refugee status: Privileged', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 18, pp. 145-159. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.18.11en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.18.11
dc.identifier.endpage159
dc.identifier.issn2009-4078
dc.identifier.issued18
dc.identifier.journalabbrevAlphaville
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage145
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9404
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue18/Dossier1Kazkaz.pdf
dc.rights© 2019, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSyriaen
dc.subjectRefugeeen
dc.subjectMare Nostrumen
dc.subjectWaren
dc.subjectPoliticsen
dc.titleRefugee status: Privilegeden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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