
For Global Refugees, the Crisis Continues
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 730 , Segment 2
Episode: Privacy Facts, Documenting the Refugee Crisis
- Jan 20, 2018
- 51:00 mins
Guests: James Bluemel, award-winning director of "Exodus: Our Journey to Europe" and "Exodus: The Journey Continues" on PBS Frontline; Hassan Akkad, Syrian refugee featured in "Exodus: Our Journey to Europe," researcher on "Exodus: The Journey Continues" The Frontline documentary “Exodus: Our Journey to Europe" included cell phone video taken by refugees to give us an intimate look at their efforts to reach safety. The film (watch online here) won a Peabody award, a BAFTA (the British equivalent of an Emmy) and an International Emmy Award. Now director James Bluemel is back with a sequel that follows-up with some of the refugees we met in the first film and introduces us to others. "Exodus: The Journey Continues," premieres Tuesday, January 23rd on on PBS Frontline.