CITIZENS & SUBJECTS – PERSONAL DIASPORAS AND POLITICS OF BELONGING

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) sets out the fundamental rights of all human beings, including the freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state; right to leave any country and to return to their country; right to seek and to enjoy asylum from persecution in other countries; the right to a nationality and of not being arbitrarily deprived of their nationality nor denied the right to change their nationality. But what does citizenship mean today? How do Western countries deal with mobility? How boundaries are perceived? Which stories are behind this? In Citizens & Subjects, a selection of videos and documentaries depicts the causes and effects of human trade trafficking, the complex relationship between homeland and diaspora, the stories of integration and exclusion, hopes and despairs.

Program:
Border
Hans Op de Beeck, 2010, 2’44”, colour, English subtitles.
Sahara Chronicle: 03 Interview Adawa
Ursula Biemann, 2006-2007, 10’20”, colour, English subtitles.
X-Mission
Ursula Biemann, 2008, 35’, colour, Arabic and English spoken, English subtitles.
untitled part 3b: (as if) beauty never ends
Jayce Salloum, 1982-2002, 11’22”, colour, Arabic spoken, English subtitles.
Pour vivre, j’ai laissé
Bénédicte Liénard, 2004, 30’26”, colour, “multiple languages” spoken, English subtitles.
MG
Mekhitar Garabedian, 2006, 2’05”, colour, Armenian spoken.
Avant-garde citizens: Mpia’s story
Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson, 2007-2008, 17’, coulour, English and Lingala spoken, English subtitles.

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