Forced displacement in popular culture
Forced displacement and the experiences of refugees, asylum seekers and otherwise forcibly displaced people became of increasing interest in the popular culture since 2015 with the European migrant crisis.
Books
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Refugee Tales: Volume II: 2 by Jackie Kay et al., 2017[1]
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, 2017[2]
- Refugee Tales, by Ali Smith et al., 2016[3]
- What Is the What by Dave Eggers, 2006[4]
- Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah, 2001
Children's books
[edit]- Where Will I Live? by Rosemary McCarney, 2017[5]
- Stormy Seas. Stories of Young Boat Refugees by Mary Beth Leatherdale, 2017[6]
- Stepping Stones. A Refugee Family's Journey by Margriet Ruurs, 2016[7]
- Refugee by Alan Gratz, 2016[8]
Poems
[edit]- Sisters' Entrance by Emtithal Mahmoud, 2018[9]
Non-fiction
[edit]- The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis by Patrick Kingsley, 2017
- Cast Away: Stories of Survival from Europe's Refugee Crisis by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, 2017
- Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier, 2017
- Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move by Reece Jones, 2017
- A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by Melissa Fleming, 2017[10]
- Refugee Stories: Seven personal journeys behind the headlines by Dave Smith, 2016[11]
- City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence, 2016
- The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria by Janine di Giovanni, 2016
- Refugee Economies: Forced Displacement and Development by Alexander Betts et al., 2016
- The Making of the Modern Refugee by Peter Gatrell, 2015
- The Lightless Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Child Refugee, by Gulwali Passarlay, 2015
- Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees by Caroline Moorehead, 2006
- They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky by Judy A. Bernstein, 2005, is the story three of the Lost Boys of Sudan
- Escape From Manus, 2021 autobiography by Jaivet Ealom
Film
[edit]Drama
[edit]- Drift by Anthony Chen, 2023
- The Other Side of Hope by Aki Kaurismäki, 2017
- Pawo by Marvin Litwak, 2016
- Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano, 2015
- Ohthes by Panos Karkanevatos, 2015
- Hope by Boris Lojkine, 2014
- The Golden Dream by Diego Quemada-Díez, 2013
- Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki, 2011
- In This World by Michael Winterbottom, 2002
- Baran by Majid Majidi, 2001
- Last Resort by Paweł Pawlikowski, 2000
Fantasy
[edit]- Encanto by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, 2021
Documentary
[edit]- Island of the Hungry Ghosts by Gabrielle Brady, 2018
- Stop the boats by Simon V. Kurian, 2018
- Watan by James L. Brown and Bill Irving, 2018
- Human Flow by Ai Weiwei, 2017
- Warehoused: The forgotten refugees of Dadaab by Asher Emmanuel and Vincent Vittorio, 2017
- Refugee by Alexander J. Farrell, 2017
- Re-Calais by Yann Moix, 2017
- 69 Minutes of 86 Days by Egil Håskjold Larsen, 2017
- Hope Road by Tom Zubrycki, 2017
- Sea Sorrow by Vanessa Redgrave, 2017
- 8 Borders, 8 Days by Amanda Bailly, 2017
- Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi, 2016
- Ta'ang by Wang Bing, 2016
- 4.1 Miles by Daphne Matziaraki, 2016
- Influx by Luca Vullo, 2016
- The Art of Moving by Liliana Dulce Marinho de Sousa, 2016
- Between Fences by Avi Mograbi, 2016
- Stranger in Paradise by Guido Hendrikx, 2016
- Rifles or Graffiti by Jordi Oriola Folch, 2016[12]
- Born in Syria by Hernán Zin, 2016
- The Invisible City: Kakuma by Lieven Corthouts, 2016
- Salam Neighbor by Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, 2015
- Beats of the Antonov by Hajooj Kuka, 2014
- On The Bride's Side by Antonio Augugliaro et al., 2014
- Moving to Mars by Mat Whitecross, 2009
- Lost Boys of Sudan by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk, 2003
Short film
[edit]- I am Rebecca by Eve Doherty and Kate McCaslin, 2017
- I felt it too by Iamia Aboukheir, 2017
- Only My Voice by Myriam Rey, 2017[13]
- Refugee by Joyce Chen and Emily Moore, 2016
- Refugee by Adam Tyler, 2016
- Lifestories: The Lost Boys of Sudan by J.D. Martin, 2008
TV series
[edit]- Exodus: Our Journey was shown on BBC Two in 2017. It started with 3 episodes called Exodus: Our Journey to Europe and was followed by 3 episodes called Exodus: Our Journey Continues[14]
Theatre
[edit]- The Claim by Tim Cowbury and Mark Maughan, 2017[15]
- The Jungle by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, 2017[16]
- Fireworks by Dalia Taha and Richard Twyman, 2015[17]
- Refugee Boy by Lemn Sissay, 2013[18]
- Refugees by Zlatko Topčić, 1999
Painting
[edit]- Refugees by Jēkabs Kazaks, 1917
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Refugee Tales: Volume II - Comma Press". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "Exit West by Mohsin Hamid". PenguinRandomHouse.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.
- ^ "Refugee Tales - Comma Press". Archived from the original on 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "What Is the What by Dave Eggers". PenguinRandomHouse.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.
- ^ "Where Will I Live?". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "Stormy Seas, Middle Grade Readers - Annick Press". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "Stepping Stones". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "Refugee". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "You searched for 9781449492793". Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by Melissa Fleming – review". TheGuardian.com. 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Refugee Stories: Seven personal journeys behind the headlines | Instant Apostle". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "FUSILES O PINTADAS / RIFLES OR GRAFFITI | TransformaFilms". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23.
- ^ "Only My Voice". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "BBC Two - Exodus: Our Journey - Episode guide". Archived from the original on 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "Preview: The Claim on Tour". 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "| Theatre.London · the official home of London Theatre". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "BBC Arts - BBC Arts - Siege mentality: Fireworks at the Royal Court". Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "Refugee Boy – review". TheGuardian.com. 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.