The Directors Guild of America champions creative expression through the art of filmmaking and condemns the recent attacks on a member by Poland’s Minister of Justice and extremists [gildii – red.] Agnieszka Holland in connection with her showing the brutality that refugees face in Poland in her film ‘The Green Border’ – we read in the statement.
American Directors: We will support the free speech rights of all directors
“We strongly believe that directors like Agnieszka have a key role to play in stimulating discussion and reflecting social issues through their work. We echo the statements of the Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) and the European Film Academy in support of Agnieszka and her film that won an award at the Venice Film Festival and we will continue to support the rights to freedom of speech of all directors,” emphasize the American creators.
Agnieszka Holland is a member of the Directors Guild of America, as are approximately 19.5 thousand people. other creators. In the United States she worked, among others, on the series “Rosemary’s Baby”, “Treme” and “House of Cards”.
“The Green Border” fictionalizes – although, as the creators emphasize, it is largely based on reality – the situation in which migrants from North Africa and the Middle East find themselves on the Polish-Belarusian border, which is also a place where they can get to the European Union . – There would be no film if it were not for the behavior of the Polish authorities when the refugee crisis began on this border. The film mentions who is responsible for this crisis – said the director in an interview for Gazeta.pl, mentioning the names of Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin. Maja Ostaszewska, who plays one of the main roles, emphasized in one of the interviews that this is not an “anti” film against anything. “” – writes Justyna Bryczkowska in her review.
Even before anyone outside the Venice Film Festival could see “The Green Border”, there were many criticisms of the production and Holland herself. According to the director, those uttered by Zbigniew Ziobro deserved the reaction of lawyers. The film enters regular cinema distribution in Poland on September 22.
Source: Gazeta
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