In This World (2002)

RATING:	80%
FORMAT:	DVD

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Semi-documentary look at the struggles of war refugees to get to the West for a better and safer life. This being the inevitable corollary of the West’s desire to keep the Third World poor, dependent on the International Monetary Fund (& the World Bank) &, therefore, all the more easily exploitable.

And yet the West vocally complains about such migration when the West has been its prime cause as a direct result of the enthusiasm of its governments to invade Eastern countries.

An eloquent critique of those who refuse to take moral responsibility for their political actions and a testament to the enduring toughness of humanity in the face of desperate odds. Yet, being a contextless travelogue weakens this important point somewhat, since the journey here is – in many ways - more important than the characters undertaking it.

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