On account of his research, Solon Solomon, a law professor, embarks on a quest to understand ‘migrating fears,’ meaning what kind of fear and trauma refugees and asylum seekers experience and what are the fears/worries local societies have towards migration.
Coming to share his thoughts with Helen, an Australian old friend of his in Oxford (played by Sarah Lockett), his efforts to better understand migration bring him to Dover and then to East London where the Huguenots first settled. There, in front of a Huguenot house and through his encounter with Zoe, another refugee law expert (played by Minouche Kaftel) as well as with an anonymous refugee (played by Kareena John), Solon solidifies his decision to continue unveiling the feelings around migration. Interviewing refugees, politicians, psychologists and legal experts, he enters into a process which ultimately results to the creation of dialogues instead of monologues among the different groups.
"Migrating fears" Premiere Details:
Join us for an evening involving the premiere screening of Solon Solomon’s ‘Migrating Fears’ film on the feelings and tensions around migration and watch as a law professor, through his interactions with friends, politicians, media people, refugees and psychologists, tries to understand the different opinions and viewpoints.
The film has been created with the support of Brunel University London and its screening is preceded by an introductory speech by the Immigration Services Commissioner.
Date Time
Time: Monday, September 30, 18:30 – 20:30
Location: Brunel University London, Kingston Lane London UB8 3PH
Event Information
18:30 – 18:50
Welcome and registration
18:50 – 19:05
Welcoming short interventions
Speech from Dr Solon Solomon
Speech from Brunel University London Central Administration Official
Speech from the Head of the Law School, Professor Jurgita Malinauskaite
19:05 – 19:20
Speech by the Immigration Services Commissioner
19:20 – 20:30
Screening of the film ‘Migrating Fears’
20:30
End of the event