Madrid Europe is good? blocked in Morocco, a documentary created by the organization LEMIGRANT to publicize the situation of people migrating from sub-Saharan countries to Europe, but not get out of Morocco. "In the media tend to display news about immigrants who arrive by boat, or die on their way to Europe. However, we never talk about the thousands of people who are trapped at the border in the hands of the networks. is a drama that deserved to be told "said Victor Valdezate, director of the documentary.
"One of our objectives of the project was featured in the documentary that tell their stories to their own people . We want this information out to the Europeans, but above all, also reaches the Africans are thinking about coming, "says Victor. Thus, Europe is good ? Blocked in Morocco are many stories where the protagonists, men, women and children SSA, which means we have to emigrate clandestinely. Openly. With all the cruelty involved embark on a journey through the desert and end up locked underground and no money with which to move forward or backward.
they left their houses had the idea that it was a week away and would be in Europe. But those who made it to Morocco, were confronted by the police pressure, and his life became a desperate struggle . The wait went from weeks to months, months to years two, five, ten or even fifteen. The only option for these people to get out of the hole is to use nets, but for that they need money and no work in Morocco.
The stories are told by the protagonists themselves, despite the difficulties the crew had to contact them. "What cost us the most is contact these people and gain their trust. In so doing, helped us a lot Doctors Without Borders, to whom we are very grateful," added the director.
Women border
LEMIGRANT When the team went to Morocco to shoot the documentary, from 8-10000 people who were trapped in cities as Uchda, near the border the 18% were women. A few months later, and women accounted for 45% of these people, and 100% came from Nigeria. No wonder most of the stories in the documentary with female voice.
While men are paid transport themselves, the women travel to Morocco for free and thus acquire a debt which they pay off after working on the prostitution market. When they reach the border, men and women become commodities networks and lose control of their lives. In the case of women, often their freedom is zero, and live imprisoned in brothels until, after many years of hardship, collect the money for the final journey and end up in European brothels. Men, however, draw on Friday, the day of charity in Islam, to beg, and so, after years of spending many hardships, they can save. "Sometimes the only way for men is a woman's life is terrible," said Victor.
Despite this situation, most of these migrants remain in their efforts to cross the border. "This is the case of one of the boys featured in the documentary, after six years in Morocco and was saving for his fifth trip. In the four times he had tried to cross the border, had seen the death of comrades and friends, but that did not make him change his mind, "says the director, is the drama of the blocked: can not even move , because Europe has closed its borders, nor retreat , because his project is project of many people who have sold their land and is expecting to receive money. They can not return empty-handed. "
The journey of a documentary
After receiving an award at the EXTREMA'doc , International Documentary Film Festival and Cooperation for Development in Extremadura, Europe is good? Blocked in Morocco launched at Madrid and plans to tour the country to engage in educational work. Those who want to see it the Internet, will have to wait a few months, it is likely it is available as streaming.
addition documentary LEMIGRANT continue launching several projects that are embodied in the slogan: " no one is illegal ." "We want to continue making documentaries, updating the website with resources and information to migrants and implement a project which involved both African and English musicians," says Victor.
And you, what can you do?
- Meet NGOs working in Morocco to improve the lives of these people, or give voice to their stories. This is the case of Doctors Without Borders and invisible Pandoras , a project that aims to tell stories in its transnational dimension and from a gender perspective.
- Watch the trailer of the documentary and approach to its future projections, which will be advertised in web:
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