Forced displacement in popular culture

Forced displacement and the experiences of refugees, asylum seekers and otherwise forcibly displaced people became of increasing interest in the popular culture since 2015 with the European migrant crisis.

Books

Fiction

Refugee Tales: Volume II: 2 by Jackie Kay et al., 2017^[1]
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, 2017^[2]
Refugee Tales, by Ali Smith et al., 2016^[3]
What Is the What by Dave Eggers, 2006^[4]
Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah, 2001

Children's books

Where Will I Live? by Rosemary McCarney, 2017^[5]
Stormy Seas. Stories of Young Boat Refugees by Mary Beth Leatherdale, 2017^[6]
Stepping Stones. A Refugee Family's Journey by Margriet Ruurs, 2016^[7]
Refugee by Alan Gratz, 2016^[8]

Poems

Sisters' Entrance by Emtithal Mahmoud, 2018^[9]

Non-fiction

The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis by Patrick Kingsley, 2017
Cast Away: Stories of Survival from Europe's Refugee Crisis by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, 2017
Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier, 2017
Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move by Reece Jones, 2017
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by Melissa Fleming, 2017^[10]
Refugee Stories: Seven personal journeys behind the headlines by Dave Smith, 2016^[11]
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence, 2016
The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria by Janine di Giovanni, 2016
Refugee Economies: Forced Displacement and Development by Alexander Betts et al., 2016
The Making of the Modern Refugee by Peter Gatrell, 2015
The Lightless Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Child Refugee, by Gulwali Passarlay, 2015
Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees by Caroline Moorehead, 2006
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky by Judy A. Bernstein, 2005, is the story three of the Lost Boys of Sudan
Escape From Manus, 2021 autobiography by Jaivet Ealom

Film

Drama

Drift by Anthony Chen, 2023
The Other Side of Hope by Aki Kaurismäki, 2017
Pawo by Marvin Litwak, 2016
Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano, 2015
Ohthes by Panos Karkanevatos, 2015
Hope by Boris Lojkine, 2014
The Golden Dream by Diego Quemada-Díez, 2013
Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki, 2011
In This World by Michael Winterbottom, 2002
Baran by Majid Majidi, 2001
Last Resort by Paweł Pawlikowski, 2000

Fantasy

Encanto by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, 2021

Documentary

Island of the Hungry Ghosts by Gabrielle Brady, 2018
Stop the boats by Simon V. Kurian, 2018
Watan by James L. Brown and Bill Irving, 2018
Human Flow by Ai Weiwei, 2017
Warehoused: The forgotten refugees of Dadaab by Asher Emmanuel and Vincent Vittorio, 2017
Refugee by Alexander J. Farrell, 2017
Re-Calais by Yann Moix, 2017
69 Minutes of 86 Days by Egil Håskjold Larsen, 2017
Hope Road by Tom Zubrycki, 2017
Sea Sorrow by Vanessa Redgrave, 2017
8 Borders, 8 Days by Amanda Bailly, 2017
Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi, 2016
Ta'ang by Wang Bing, 2016
4.1 Miles by Daphne Matziaraki, 2016
Influx by Luca Vullo, 2016
The Art of Moving by Liliana Dulce Marinho de Sousa, 2016
Between Fences by Avi Mograbi, 2016
Stranger in Paradise by Guido Hendrikx, 2016
Rifles or Graffiti by Jordi Oriola Folch, 2016^[12]
Born in Syria by Hernán Zin, 2016
The Invisible City: Kakuma by Lieven Corthouts, 2016
Salam Neighbor by Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, 2015
Beats of the Antonov by Hajooj Kuka, 2014
On The Bride's Side by Antonio Augugliaro et al., 2014
Moving to Mars by Mat Whitecross, 2009
Lost Boys of Sudan by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk, 2003

Short film

I am Rebecca by Eve Doherty and Kate McCaslin, 2017
I felt it too by Iamia Aboukheir, 2017
Only My Voice by Myriam Rey, 2017^[13]
Refugee by Joyce Chen and Emily Moore, 2016
Refugee by Adam Tyler, 2016
Lifestories: The Lost Boys of Sudan by J.D. Martin, 2008

TV series

Exodus: Our Journey was shown on BBC Two in 2017. It started with 3 episodes called Exodus: Our Journey to Europe and was followed by 3 episodes called Exodus: Our Journey Continues^[14]

Theatre

The Claim by Tim Cowbury and Mark Maughan, 2017^[15]
The Jungle by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, 2017^[16]
Fireworks by Dalia Taha and Richard Twyman, 2015^[17]
Refugee Boy by Lemn Sissay, 2013^[18]
Refugees by Zlatko Topčić, 1999

Painting

Refugees by Jēkabs Kazaks, 1917

References

^ "Refugee Tales: Volume II - Comma Press". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "Exit West by Mohsin Hamid". PenguinRandomHouse.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.
^ "Refugee Tales - Comma Press". Archived from the original on 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "What Is the What by Dave Eggers". PenguinRandomHouse.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.
^ "Where Will I Live?". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "Stormy Seas, Middle Grade Readers - Annick Press". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "Stepping Stones". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "Refugee". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "You searched for 9781449492793". Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
^ "A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by Melissa Fleming – review". TheGuardian.com. 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "Refugee Stories: Seven personal journeys behind the headlines | Instant Apostle". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "FUSILES O PINTADAS / RIFLES OR GRAFFITI | TransformaFilms". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23.
^ "Only My Voice". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "BBC Two - Exodus: Our Journey - Episode guide". Archived from the original on 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "Preview: The Claim on Tour". 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "| Theatre.London · the official home of London Theatre". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "BBC Arts - BBC Arts - Siege mentality: Fireworks at the Royal Court". Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ "Refugee Boy – review". TheGuardian.com. 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

[1] "Refugee Tales: Volume II - Comma Press". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[2] "Exit West by Mohsin Hamid". PenguinRandomHouse.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.

[3] "Refugee Tales - Comma Press". Archived from the original on 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[4] "What Is the What by Dave Eggers". PenguinRandomHouse.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16.

[5] "Where Will I Live?". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[6] "Stormy Seas, Middle Grade Readers - Annick Press". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[7] "Stepping Stones". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[8] "Refugee". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[9] "You searched for 9781449492793". Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

[10] "A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by Melissa Fleming – review". TheGuardian.com. 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

[11] "Refugee Stories: Seven personal journeys behind the headlines | Instant Apostle". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[12] "FUSILES O PINTADAS / RIFLES OR GRAFFITI | TransformaFilms". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23.

[13] "Only My Voice". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[14] "BBC Two - Exodus: Our Journey - Episode guide". Archived from the original on 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[15] "Preview: The Claim on Tour". 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

[16] "| Theatre.London · the official home of London Theatre". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[17] "BBC Arts - BBC Arts - Siege mentality: Fireworks at the Royal Court". Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[18] "Refugee Boy – review". TheGuardian.com. 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

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