refugees

  • Marco : the tale of a queer Syrian refugee

    Marco : the tale of a queer Syrian refugee

      Acclaimed writer Saleem Haddad’s first foray into filmmaking  MARCO is a heartbreaking tale about the plight of a undocumented Syrian LGBTQ refugee in London who becomes a sex worker simply so he can afford to eat. After a long arduous journey by way of Turkey and the Refugee Camp in Calais to being a…

  • Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America

    Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America

      Tom Shepard started his excellent and unsettling documentary about the plight of a handful of LGBT refugees in what we now wistfully call the ‘good old days’ i.e. pre 2016.  Up to then this country stood by its centuries old policy of giving refugee to all those in need.  In fact Shepard points out…