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THE FILM With unprecedented access, THE BURNING takes audiences across the world’s deadliest migration route the Mediterranean Sea. A young mother, a brotherhood of orphaned boys, and a father desperate to reunite with his family lead viewers over 9,000 miles to reach a stretch of coast where only 8 miles of sea separates Africa from Europe.
Over the past decade, the European Union has boldly violated international law to transform neighboring African nations into brutal holding cells for the millions of Africans who are forced to flee their homes every year. But with foreign media banned across North Africa, the human cost of the EU’s policies has been hidden from view. THE BURNING will bring the untold story of Africa's refugee crisis to light for the first time. Each story begins with a frightening act in order to avoid being repatriated if captured, each refugee must burn all proof of their existence. The burning, like a sacrificial rite, is an offering of their past lives in exchange for the small chance of surviving their journey to a new and promising future. 
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WHY THIS FILM, WHY NOW Refugee stories from Syria to Ukraine have dominated international news in recent years, but the number of people forced to flee their homes across Africa last year was more than 4 times any other world region. Why haven’t we seen their stories?
The answer is tragic – those fleeing Africa rarely make it to safer shores. For every 500 who attempt to escape, only 10 will make it. Those who don’t remain trapped in North Africa where they are being imprisoned, enslaved, and even killed.
Filmed undercover, over the course of 10 years and across 12 countries, THE BURNING is unlike anything that has ever been seen before.
The answer is tragic – those fleeing Africa rarely make it to safer shores. For every 500 who attempt to escape, only 10 will make it. Those who don’t remain trapped in North Africa where they are being imprisoned, enslaved, and even killed.
Filmed undercover, over the course of 10 years and across 12 countries, THE BURNING is unlike anything that has ever been seen before.
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SMALL WORLD FILMS
SMALL WORLD FILMS is a non-profit film production studio focused on social impact storytelling. We believe in the power of stories to raise individual awareness, incite community action, and create positive and sustainable global change.
Here at SMALL WORLD FILMS, we produce independent documentary films and design, launch, and manage interactive social impact campaigns about our world's most critical humanitarian issues. Some of our recent projects have brought global attention to how a repeal of the DACA policy would affect 800,000 young immigrants across the U.S. and how communities in West Africa are coping with the most devastating effects of climate change. We tackle issues big and small, at home and abroad, and we partner with top production experts to support storytellers from their earliest drafting phase to their final premieres.
If you're interested in learning more about how we can help you tell your story or design a social impact campaign around a film you've already created, please send us a message at [email protected].
Here at SMALL WORLD FILMS, we produce independent documentary films and design, launch, and manage interactive social impact campaigns about our world's most critical humanitarian issues. Some of our recent projects have brought global attention to how a repeal of the DACA policy would affect 800,000 young immigrants across the U.S. and how communities in West Africa are coping with the most devastating effects of climate change. We tackle issues big and small, at home and abroad, and we partner with top production experts to support storytellers from their earliest drafting phase to their final premieres.
If you're interested in learning more about how we can help you tell your story or design a social impact campaign around a film you've already created, please send us a message at [email protected].
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