Hotline (film)

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Movie
Original title Hotline
Country of production Israel , France
original language Hebrew , English , French
Publishing year 2015
length 120 minutes
Rod
Director Silvina compatriot
script Silvina compatriot
production Silvina compatriot
camera Silvina compatriot
cut Silvina Landsmann,
Gil Schnaiderovich

Hotline is a documentary film by Silvina Landsmann from 2015. The film was shown for the first time at the 65th Berlinale in the Forum section on February 7, 2015.

action

It tells the everyday life of the Israeli non-governmental aid organization The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants , which is based in Tel Aviv . The camera follows a lawyer of the organization, Asaf Weitzen, on visits to the authorities, documents the activities of the organization's advisors in their office, where they can be. a. take care of the rights of undocumented people, and accompanies Sigal Rozen, Head of the Public Policy Department, at an information event in front of the angry public in South Tel Aviv and during the parliamentary process in the Knesset .

background

The main focus is on the fate of illegally entered immigrants - often refugees - from Africa, in particular from Eritrea , Sudan , Ethiopia , Ivory Coast and Nigeria . This group, referred to as "infiltrators" by the Israeli media and government organizations, falls under the so-called anti-infiltration law , which was originally enacted in 1954, revised in 2012 and revoked by the Supreme Court on September 22, 2014 because it protects the human rights of immigrants injured.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Hotline berlinale.de. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  2. life. Live better. , Deutsche Welle, February 9, 2015