For many refugees a mobile phone is indispensable, if not a lifesaver.
They use it to organise their travel, communicate with other refugees
and their relatives back home, or to store memories of their lives
before they started their journey. The documentary
#MyEscape brings
together a number of accounts of refugees who have made their way to
Germany from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Eritrea via different
routes, using their mobile phones to record their journeys. The
documentary joins the footage they filmed with their reports given
retrospectively during extended interviews after their arrival in
Germany. We learn about their reasons for leaving, the dangers and
difficulties they encountered during their travels as well as about
their first impressions when arriving in Germany. The film ends with a
short overview of how the protagonists settled in and what kind of
activities they were engaged in at the time, leaving open how their
lives would develop thereafter.
Germany 2016, colour, 90 mins. With English subtitles.
Director: Elke Sasse.
The screening will be followed by a Q & A with der director Elke Sasse
hosted by Marta Welander, Founder, Refugee Rights Data Project (RRDP)
Buy tickets here
Location: Goethe-Institut London
50 Princes Gate
Exhibition Road
London
SW7 2PH
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