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Feature documentary film directed by Noureddine Jebnoun, produced by Jakob Plaschke, with animations by Aadhar Wasti.

Runtime: 1h14m. Languages: English, French and Arabic. Subtitles currently available in English and Danish

Synopsis:

In the port city of Zarzis in southern Tunisia, the sea has always been a space of mobility. However, Fortress Europe continues to entrench its sea walls and extend proxy borders into North and West Africa, sponsoring local coercive apparatuses. Such measures have turned journeys of hope into deadly crossings, forcing illegalized and irregularized travelers seeking to overcome political, economic and social marginalization in search of better opportunities into increasing violence and risk.

En Route to Europe, We Burn or Die weaves together the stories of individuals who are navigating precarity amid deadly border control mechanisms across Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. Through interviews in and around Zarzis, the film explores the journeys, motivations and opinions of African migrants – Tunisian and nationals of other countries – while exposing the neoliberal dispossessive structures that make their travels so dangerous. The film challenges the viewer to meet migrants as peers and to challenge the impacts of European policy on their lives.

© 2024 Noureddine Jebnoun and Jakob Plaschke. All rights reserved.

En Route to Europe, We Burn or Die (2024)

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