Film: The Age of the Stateless

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Date/Time:Sunday, 09 Sep 2018 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Location:Christian Petersen Art Museum, 1017 Morrill Hall
Cost:Free
URL:www.museums.iastate.edu
Contact:University Museums
Phone:515-294-9500
Channel:University Museums
Categories:Arts, performances
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Screenwriter Gaelle Bellan (Spiral, 2017) has thoroughly documented the refugee situation and clearly denounces the deficiencies of an outdated, dehumanized system. Directed by Virginie Sauveur, this film won Best TV Movie, Best Screenplay and Best Original Music Awards at the 2018 Luchon Television Festival and the Audience Award at FIPA, the International Audiovisual Festival in Biarritz.

Sira is a former refugee. She speaks six languages and works as a translator for OFPRA, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, which is responsible for applying the dictates of the Geneva Convention. Unscrupulous and extremely lucid, Sira doesn't hesitate to extort huge sums of money from displaced foreigners seeking asylum in France. While the story is fictional, the dramatic fate and cruelty imposed upon refugees rejected by OFPRA are approached with great accuracy.

Source: colcoa.org; Run Time: 90 minutes