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Agnesha Holland Holland highly acclaimed award-winning Polish filmmaker and screenwriter.

In a career spanning half a century, she's directed more than 20 films and a number of a the United States and Canada. She's won numerous accolades for her work, including

being nominated for an Academy Award three times.

Several of her films have centered around events that constitute crimes against humanity.

Mr Jones portrays the man-made 1930s Ukrainian famine,

Europa Europa Europa and in darkness are based on true stories during the Holocaust.

Her HBO mini-series, Burning Bush, focuses on the self-immolation of a 20-year-old protester

following the Prague Spring.

Agnishka Holland herself was arrested and briefly imprisoned in Prague for her involvement in protests at the time.

Her most recent film, Green Border, takes as its subject the present-day treatment of millions of migrants seeking refuge in Europe.

Green Border was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.

The film was widely criticized by the then far right government

in Poland. Agneska Holland, welcome to Democracy Now as we continue part two of our

conversation with you. If you could begin by talking about the title,

why is the film called Green Border, and then your decision to film, to shoot the film entirely in black and white.

Bactula, it starts with green.

It starts with the shot open of the...

Of the forest.

Yeah, flying over the forest and the forest is green and it changes to black and white.

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