Abstract
Two feature films from the early years of this century—Lilya 4-Ever (2002) and In this World (2002)—address two of the core issues in forced mobility: sex trafficking and people smuggling. Although both films are fictions they were used widely in a number of political and social forums as part of discussions of the problems they engaged with. On a more positive note, two films from the last decade, and related to the civil conflict in Syria, are the subjects of analysis: one young woman’s account of her flight from ISIS-held territory, Escape from Syria: Rania’s Odyssey (2017), and a radical collaboration between filmmakers and refugees, On the Bride’s Side (2014) a work which combines activism and resistance to the coloniality of Europe’s border practices.
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Bromley, R. (2021). People on the Move: Narratives for a Journey of Hope. In: Narratives of Forced Mobility and Displacement in Contemporary Literature and Culture. Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73596-8_2
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