On the last day of the STEPS Rights Film
Festival in the Ukraine (WEBSITE), a special screening of “Ali'ens: Somalis in transit” (WEBSITE) was
held. The film, about 15 year old
Ali as he flees the conflict in Somalia, was produced with the support of The
UN Refugee Agency.
The screening, held at a major multiplex cinema, was
preceded by an exhibition about foreigners living in the Ukraine, and the
entire event, along with a very fancy catered reception, was sponsored by The
UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine.
Wine
flowed, expensive sweets were passed, and the only meat that I saw during the
entire festival was served here.
Although it was not lost on any of the filmmakers or festival staff in
attendance, I wonder how many of the picture-posing representatives of the UN
saw the irony.
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