Film: Die Macht des Visums

In the organizer's words:

"The power of the visa" sheds light on the global inequality in the issuing of visas. While people with a German passport can travel almost anywhere without any problems, the freedom of movement of people from many other countries is massively restricted.
restricted. They need a visa, which is frequently refused - often without any comprehensible reason.
The film tells the moving story of a binational couple who, after three rejected visas and several years of separation, finally get the chance to live together in Germany. With the help of experts and those affected from different
from different countries, the film reveals the systematic injustices and the human
human tragedy that the German visa issuing practice entails. It becomes
how this practice not only reflects personal fates, but also global power relations.
power relations.

Followed by a film discussion with Olivia Scheer from VisaWie? - Against discriminatory visa procedures!(www.visawie.org)

As part of the International Weeks against Racism.

Venue: EineWeltHaus Munich, Schwanthalerstr. 80, 80336 Munich
Room: Small hall 211+212
Organizer: Trägerkreis EineWeltHaus München e.V.