29.1.-1.2.2015
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MOVIES
WITH ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEMES

Bio Oko

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WHAT LIFE IS LIKE HERE

Srbsko, Velká Británie, 2014, 30 min
M. Wynants
31.01.2015 17:50

Jasmina, Toplica and Claudia live in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Belgrade. Like other Roma families in the neighbouring shacks, they live in extreme poverty as a result of discrimination and exclusion. Through experience of migration and deportation to and from Germany, Jasmina lives separated from her parents and brothers.This film looks into the struggles of making a living on the margins of society. It also explores how the protagonists remember life in Western Europe and hope to go back there in the near future. Jasmina’s and Tony’s everyday life is permeated by thoughts of escaping, migrating and providing Jasmina’s daughter with a better prospect of life.

Director, camera, script, edit: Marlene Wynants
Production: Marlene Wynants and Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, Manchester

Language of dialogues: German, Serbian, Romani
Language of subtitles: English, Czech

Marlene Wynants studied a BA in Social and Cultral Anthropology in Hamburg and an MA in Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester. This film is final project of the MA at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology.