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WDRforyou – Hope, Just Hope
Nomination 2021
CIVIS VIDEO AWARD – Information
| Editorial: | Petra Schmitt-Wilting |
| Production: | Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
Content
Ten-year-old Fayegheh lives in the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. She is among the thousands of children kept there. 200 people share a toilet, and there is only one hour of teaching per day. A team from WDRforyou met Fayegheh and filmed the place where her dreams ended: in Europe’s largest refugee camp. Originally designed for 2,300 inhabitants, it is now home to over 20,000 people.
Excerpt from the jury’s statement
People in refugee camps often live cooped up like prisoners. The same is true of children and youngsters. They are imprisoned in their bodies and their souls. The documentary Hoffnung, nur noch Hoffnung describes this predicament with urgency and tact in equal measure. It is all the more shocking because it dispenses with dramatic amplifiers and views the situation through a personal lens, without abandoning due journalistic distance.
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