Can´t Be Silent - On Tour with The Refugees
Director Julia Oelkers
Countries Germany
Duration 85 min
Synopsis
They are musicians from Africa, the Balkans and Iran. And since May 2012 they have been touring Germany with songwriter Heinz Ratz and his band Strom und Wasser. What makes this project special is that these musicians are asylum seekers. Throughout the summer we have accompanied them on their journey and followed them with our cameras. Only as the film progresses will the viewers begin to experience the arduous daily lives of the refugees in the group.
They are musicians from Africa, the Balkans and Iran. And since May 2012 they have been touring Germany with songwriter Heinz Ratz and his band Strom und Wasser. What makes this project special is that these musicians are asylum seekers. Throughout the summer we have accompanied them on their journey and followed them with our cameras. Only as the film progresses will the viewers begin to experience the arduous daily lives of the refugees in the group.