152. Where You Gonna Run To? Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo (documentary filmmakers)

Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

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🗓️ 16 June 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Imagine you’re a father or a mother of three kids. Your city is in the middle of a civil war. At any time a rocket might burst through your wall. Soldiers might round your family up, or kill them in crossfire. What do you do? You leave, of course. You do whatever you have to do to get your kids to safety. There will be many deadly risks along the way. But you know what’s the worst? The not knowing. The constant thoughts inside your head of everything that might go wrong, everything you hope will go right. The trusting looks on your kids’ faces, when, in fact, they have no idea where they’re going or why. Since 2011, an estimated 11 million Syrians have fled their homes. They and refugees from other troubled nations like Eritrea and Somalia have been trying to migrate Westward and northward, to Turkey, then to Europe. Many have died along the way. Many thousands of others have been detained in refugee camps while nations decide what to do with them. I’m here today with filmmakers Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo. Their new documentary, IT WILL BE CHAOS airs on HBO this month. It follows Eritrean, Somali, and Syrian refugees on their harrowing journeys to new lives in Europe. Surprise conversation-starter clips in this episode: Jeremy Bailenson on virtual reality and empathy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi there. I'm Jason Gots, and you're listening to Think Again, a Big Think podcast.
0:09.1	Imagine you're a father or mother of three kids. Your city is in the middle of a civil war.
0:14.3	At any time a rocket might burst through your wall. Soldiers might round your family up or kill them in crossfire.
0:20.1	What do you do? You leave, of course.
0:22.6	You do whatever you have to do to get your kids to safety.
0:24.6	There will be many deadly risks along the way, but you know what's the worst?
0:28.6	The not knowing.
0:29.6	The constant thoughts inside your head of everything that might go wrong,
0:32.6	everything you hope will go right.
0:34.6	The trusting looks on your kids' faces when, in fact, they have no idea where they're going or why.
0:40.3	Since 2001, an estimated 11 million Syrians have fled their homes.
0:45.3	They and refugees from other troubled nations like Eritrea and Somalia
0:49.3	have been trying to migrate westward and northward to Turkey, then to Europe.
0:53.3	Many have died along the way.
0:56.1	Many thousands of others have been detained in refugee camps while nations decide what to do with
1:00.7	them. I'm here today with filmmakers Lorena Luciano and Philippo Piscopo. Their new documentary,
1:07.4	It Will Be Chaos, airs on HBO this month. It follows Eritrean, Somali, and Syrian refugees on their harrowing journeys to new lives in Europe.
1:16.6	Welcome.
1:17.6	Thank you for having us.
1:18.6	Thank you very much.
1:19.6	You started filming this in 2013?
1:22.6	Yes, we started a film in 2013, but the original idea inception for the documentary was in 2011 when the first major wave of refugees landing in Italy started with the Arab Spring.
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