Szczepan Twardoch published a critical essay in “”. “” aroused great interest and huge discussion even before its premiere. Szczepan Twardoch openly stated that the film “arouses his opposition.” A resident of Podlasie and an activist of the Granica Group responded.
Szczepan Twardoch about “The Green Border”. “The most important characters in the film Holland are the characters played by Maja Ostaszewska and Maciej Stuhr”
“” premiered on September 22, but it continues to warm public opinion to this day. Szczepan Twardoch decided to speak out on the matter and openly accused the director of treating refugees in the film as objects and being “a prop, an object of concern for the big-city intelligentsia.” According to the writer, their suffering is necessary so that the main character can take pity on them and show that she is above the inhabitants of Podlasie who, even though they individually help refugees, immediately reach for the phone to call the Border Guard.
In the winter forest on the Polish-Belarusian border there is an ocean of human suffering, floating in the bodies of children drowning in swamps and pregnant women thrown over wires, but the most important characters in Holland’s film are the characters played by Maja Ostaszewska and Maciej Stuhr.
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Twardoch: “The ‘green border’ arouses my opposition.” A resident of Podlasie and an activist responds
Beata Siemaszko, an activist of the Granica Group and a resident of Podlasie, commented on Szczepan Twardoch’s essay. Siemaszko accuses the writer of having no idea what the life of the inhabitants of the border area was like and what it is like now. – Human dramas are happening here, next to my house – she said in an interview with Dawid Dudko from “”.
Like critics from the government who have not seen the film “The Green Border”, Mr. Twardoch draws his conclusions without knowledge of the everyday life of the inhabitants of Podlasie. (…) He could learn about the people who are now helping refugees. (…) Precisely because they feel community, not contempt (as Twardoch thinks) for their neighbors. He could if he asked.
Source: Gazeta

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