Postcards strives to inform, raise awareness and lead
to activism. It aims at making young people engage with inhumane
conditions at Europe's borders. It builds communities to counteract
racism and an apathetic state fuelled by the negativity and
channeled nature of information on main stream media. It empowers
young people to carry the hope and responsibility for change and a
critical worldview.
This is achieved by the following sub-goals:
Firstly, the movie raises awareness. It addresses inhumane
conditions as a result of Fort Europe. It criticizes those
circumstances, as can be seen in Greece as a detention center for
people on the move. It confronts viewers and participants with
Europe's blind spot when it comes to human rights. It raises
awareness for the de-humanization of people. Secondly, it serves as
a report from the border. It informs and archives stories and facts
for collective memory. Thirdly, this project promotes curiosity,
activism and taking critical standpoints. The movie making process
lives of these principles: I will constantly reflect and strive for
being active and alert. I will actively engage with who we meet and
invite for participation. Forth and lastly, Postcards
gives hope, because it shows ways to action, builds community and
connects people.
At the return in Nijmegen the documentary will be guerilla- and
open air screened in the public space.
This will be in the summer, around July and August. What is better
than watching a movie out in the open on warm summer days? This is
where you will see this movie. The public space is where it
belongs, in order to reach as many people as possible and as openly
as possible.
Let's do this together!
