Jamie Drew & Filip Rodenstam

Submitted by Anonymous on April 14, 2007 - 5:33am.
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Film Contact Address

1247 Ainsworth Drive, Gulf Breeze Florida, 32563

Film Title

‘In Danger Or Dangerous’ (working title)

Film Contact Phone

1 850 934 7419

Film Running Time

aprox 1 hour

Film Contact Email

nexusifc@mac.com

Film Synopsis

The documentary ‘In Danger Or Dangerous’ is a story of civilian groups interacting with migrants who are crossing into the boundaries of the United States. With millions of migrants crossing outside of official points of entry these civilian groups meet a fair share of migrants. ‘No More Deaths’ a self-described humanitarian group, places water bottles at frequently crossed areas as well as feeds and provides medical care for open wounds, blisters and the like. Operating in that same area are the ‘Minutemen Civil Defense Corps’, a self-described national citizens neighborhood watch, they report migrants to the government Border Patrol who then arrest and deport them. We live in an age of migration and our interaction with its discourse and resulting peoples often become entangled in the heated political discourse of broadcast media leaving most people confused about what’s happening in the border region. Here is a clear-cut observation into the lives of people who through peace and conflict determine that these migrants are either in danger or are dangerous. Some migrants are meet with water, some with guns, others both at once but what’s worse is to be meet with none. In the crossing region of Arizona alone, 206 deaths were reported for fiscal year 2006. On average, 2 people die a day crossing along the 1952 mile long border. In the heat of the summer of 06, U.S. Government Border Patrol arrest two humanitarian aid workers. This action sparks an outcry from Minutemen members that the No More Death volunteers, and other humanitarian groups are criminals by way of aiding and embedding illegal presence in the United States. The Humanitarian group announces a campaign called ‘Humanitarian Aid is not a crime’. Lawyers are summoned and it’s the Government v.s. NMD.

Film Contact Website

www.nexusifc.com

Forum Themes

Migration, Borders, Representation, NGO actions. This film deals head on with the emerging xenophobia towards a population that lives in the shadows of American society. Its also examines humanitarian actions taken to help those in need. We live in an ever increasing 'age of migration'.

Filmmakers Available

Yes

Screening Considerations

We are an independent film collective based in Sweden and the US. This is our first documentary production. We meet Alice Lovelace of the Social Forum and Anne Olson of Amnesty International while we were doing field work in CD Juarez Mexico at the 'Border Social Forum' 2006. Lovelace and Olson invited us to have our first showing of our documentary at the Social Forum in Atlanta and we accepted. We are still in postproduction and will be done by the end of June. Thus we have no preview or trailer to show you. We would love to participate and speak during the showing. Both Filip and I are graduates of Malmö University school of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER). Thank you for your consideration.

Submittion Agreement

yes