Throughout the world, large groups of people continue to face oppression and discrimination due to religion and ethnicity. Each year, thousands migrate to other countries, uncertain of what may lie ahead, but desperately searching for better lives. With an international refugee crisis afflicting the entire globe, director Dotan follows the specific journeys of two Christian women from Sudan and Eritrea, who fleeing war, dictatorship, and religious persecution in their countries. Over a five-year period, they seek asylum in Israel, later in Uganda, attempting to build new lives while still remaining under the constant threat of deportation. They have no homes to which they can return, and their uncertain status has no end in sight. These specific stories stand in for a more universal tale of refugees, not only in Israel, and uncover the volatile political conversations throughout the entire world, including here at home.

Screening followed by Q&A with Nili Dotan, Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg, activist/educator with Right Now and BINA, and Asaf Weitzen, human rights lawyer for refugee population in Israel. 

Co-presented by BINA – The Jewish Movement for Social Change, HIAS, Right Now: Advocates for Asylum Seekers in Israel, and T’Ruah.