| Libya, the Migrant Trap (26 min) France/Libya |
Sunday 10/19, 1:55 PM (Session 9)
Director/Producer: Veronique Mauduy
Description:
For African migrants Libya used to be a Mecca: a place to find work or get access to Europe. But now the workers who come here are trapped in the political, economic and social chaos engulfing the country. “We have big problems. This morning we haven’t eaten. Sometimes they hit us. When we are noisy they beat us,” a young migrant being kept in Libya's notorious Abu Salim prison tells us. He has been brought here along with hundreds of others and will be kept for an indefinite amount of time waiting to be deported. “It is for them the most important thing to go to Europe, Lampedusa. They would rather die than stay here in Libya,” says a Roman Catholic nun attempting to offer aid to the increasingly desperate immigrants swelling Libya's cities.
Biography:
Veronique Mauduy, graduated from NYU broadcasting, is a Franco-Lebanese author, journalist, director and producer. She created Wild Angle Productions (WA Productions) in 2005 with the desire to focus on social and often unreported issues and stories with an intimate and humane approach. Her work has been awarded several times. (Best War documentary Mom is at war, NY Film Festival, Peace and Sport Bagdad Galère, Amade Unesco for Dr. Azam 10 000 children. Author of Hazaribagh, Toxic leather (screened at UNAFF 2012). Rory Peck festival. Prix Sony Impact Award. Londres, Prix Jeunes Figra Meilleur Film et Arbre d’Or -Festival International Ecologique de Bourges, Prix Benedetto Senni – Terra di Tutti, Bologne. Prix du film d’investigation, Festival Ecollywood, Lille.
Contact Information:
Wild Angle Production
e: prodwa@gmail.com
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