Agnieszka Holland’s production was already widely known when the start of work on it was announced. Its creation was criticized by right-wing politicians and publicists. The film caused different emotions internationally. During the premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the production received a 15-minute standing ovation, and during the closing gala, the director received the Special Jury Prize.
Belarusian and Russian propaganda praises Agnieszka Holland’s film. But not without reason
Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and Government Plenipotentiary for the Security of the Information Space of the Republic of Poland, Stanisław Żaryn, stated some time ago that Agnieszka Holland’s latest film will contribute to attacks on Poland. Now the politician points out that the production is written about by the Belarusian propaganda media. However, similar texts can also be found in Russian titles.
On the website of the pro-Kremlin newspaper “Izvestia” we can read a text according to which “The ‘Green Border’ is an indictment against Poland and Belarus.” Russian advocates emphasized that “Poland seems to refugees to be a paradise and a promised land. Meanwhile, when they reach the border, they quickly find out that it is completely different. The Border Guard tortures these unfortunate people in front of the whole world,” we read.
Similarly, it was written in another pro-Kremlin media. The daily “Kommersant” notes that “migrants who appeared at the Polish-Belarusian border are fleeing from war, poverty and persecution.” “They don’t go from hell to heaven. Even though there is no ISIS or Taliban in the place where they find themselves, they have become a bargaining chip in political games. Nobody cares that they die of hunger and dehydration and drown in the swamps,” they thunder. propagandists.
Later in the text we can say that “residents of Polish villages located on the border with Belarus feel a strong fear of strangers.” Russian propaganda expressed full appreciation for Agnieszka Holland. It was recalled that she was a student of Andrzej Wajda and added that the film “The Green Border” showed the reality of contemporary Europe, which has once again become “an arena of xenophobia and populism.”
In this situation, a quote from “Groundhog Day” comes to mind: My right is mine than yours
Stanisław Żaryn commented on these articles. The politician wrote on social media that Russian propaganda eagerly promotes Agnieszka Holland’s film, pointing out that “it is an indictment against Poland and Europe.” “The film is an opportunity for Russia to spread slander against Poland, but also to moralize and lecture Europe because it cannot cope with humanitarianism,” the politician added.
In this case, it is difficult not to agree with Mariusz Błaszczak’s collaborator, but also to agree. It is true that the Russian media write about Holland’s film in superlatives in order to attack Poland. At the same time, the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border is still dramatic, and our country is dealing with this problem in a rather inhumane way.
However, the Belarusian and Russian media forget where the immigrants came from. After all, it is the authorities of these countries that, from 2021, are organizing the transfer of immigrants and refugees from the countries of the Middle East and Africa to the European Union through the Belarusian-Lithuanian, Belarusian-Polish and Belarusian-Latvian borders. They deceive defenseless people who flee from war with the specter of a better tomorrow that, in fact, does not wait for them at all. : “The film says who is responsible for this crisis,” mentioning the names of Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin. However, she noted:
When these people found themselves on our border, and often on our territory, it was possible to stick to the regulations and simple human decency. Instead, the Polish state chose to break the law, cruelty and dehumanize these people. This, in my opinion, is a deeply anti-Polish action
Source: Gazeta
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