The Department of Immigration and Development Cooperation, through OICOS, has organized the ‘Cinema and immigration’ program which, aimed at promoting coexistence in diversity, It is aimed at 1st and 2nd year ESO students in the city.
The area councilor, Mateo Echevarría, explained in a press release that The Exhibition Palace will be the place where the film ‘El Salto’, by Benito Zambrano, will be screened on Wednesday the 27th, at 11:30 am. “Through viewing this film, we encourage reflection and analysis of the attitude of the characters that the students will transfer to their own experience based on the teaching materials,” he highlighted.
As detailed by the mayor, the objective of this proposal, for which there are no longer free places, is to “develop in the students a critical attitude that rejects any type of racial discrimination”, as well as to promote “essential” values such as cultural diversity. , equality, solidarity and cooperation.
‘THE JUMP’
The film that will be screened within this cycle has the story of Ibrahim who came to Spain from Guinea, and now both his life and his family are in Madrid.
One day he was arrested by the police and deported to his country of origin for lacking a residence permit. From that moment on, his only objective is to return to Spain.
After touring Africa, he settles in a refugee camp located between Africa and Europe. There he meets Aminata, a girl determined to jump the fence and enter Spain. However, it is a physical feat that not everyone is capable of achieving.
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