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MARABOU

When most people were trapped in their homes because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Afro-Haitian refugees continued to wandering to space.

They were crossing mountains, rivers and seas of Latin America, with the main goal of reaching the Mexican border with the USA, in order to finally cross the "Promised Land".

Haitian refugees are people chased by poverty and hunger, natural disasters and political instability.

They are the “Marabou”, which like the marabou birds, migrate for a better fortune.

Marabou is a term of Haitian origin denoting multiracial admixture. The term, which comes originally from the African Marabouts, describes the offspring of a Haitian person of mixed race: European, African, Taíno and South Asian.

  • THOMAS SIDERIS
    Director
  • THOMAS SIDERIS
    Writer
  • THOMAS SIDERIS
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 59 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - THOMAS SIDERIS

T h o m a s S i d e r i s is an investigative journalist and director. He is working at Greek Broadcasting Corporation. His name was in the short list for 3 years in a row (2018, 2019, 2021) for the PRIX EUROPA PRIZE, a special EU prize for the best journalist in Europe.

He has been honored with TORCH AWARD in USA (human rights advocasy via his films, Pennsylvania, May 2021).

He has been honored with Journalists and Writers Foundation Award (New York, September 2019).

He has been honored with Athanasios Botsis Journalism Foundation Award (Athens, January 2018).

He has been honored with Albert Schweitzer International Organization Award (Vienna, September 2017).

He has been honored with more than 20 awards at film festivals around the world for his films.

PRIX EUROPA AWARDS, Best European Journalsit Award, Short list 2021.

PRIX EUROPA AWARDS, Best European Journalsit Award, Short list 2019.

PRIX EUROPA AWARDS, Best European Journalsit Award, Short list 2018.

He studied Political Sciences and Public Administration at the Law School of the University of Athens and specialized in the mass media.

He has a postgraduate diploma in Human and Social Geography on the subject «Human Geography, Space Development and Design» by the University of the Aegean.

He is a PhD candidate in Human and Social Geography by the Harokopio University of Athens. His research field is about the human body in space, the human “landscapes” and the fluid temporary habitable spaces and the fluid identities.

He is a member of International Academy of Social Sciences (Florida, USA).

Participation in international scientific conferences and forums

John Caroll Univercity, Law Faculty | March 22, 2019, Ohio Cleveland | Title of scientific announcement: The violation of human rights in Turkey.
Panhellenic Congress of Pulmonology | Medical School of the University of Thessaly | City of Volos, October 14-17, 2021 | Title of scientific announcement: The health certificate 1850-2020.
European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) | Harokopio Univercity of Athens | August 30, 2019 | Field trip in Votanikos with European professors | Title of scientific announcement: Votanikos, a hybrid space.
International Scientific Conference for Janusz Korczak | Univercity of Patras | November 2019 | Title of scientific announcement: Treblinka extermination camp: topography and geography of the cage.
World Affairs Council of Harrisburg | Peace Symposium | Saturday, September 18, 2021 | Title of scientific announcement: The major global human rights issues impacting global peace and security.
Peace Islands Organization | Human Rights Advocacy | Sunday, March 28, 2021 | Title of scientific announcement: The human rights in US the latest 70 years.
Journalists and Writers Foundation | Human Rights Advocacy | July 28, 2020 | Title of scientific announcement: The bodies of immigrants in space.
International Weeks against Racism | The International Weeks against Racism in the Federal Republic of Germany | June 19, 2021, Berlin | Title of scientific announcement: The immigants flows in Balkan.
International Weeks against Racism | The International Weeks against Racism in the Federal Republic of Germany | March 12, 2019, Berlin | Title of scientific announcement: The human rights and the press freedom in Turkey, 2010-2019.
International Weeks against Racism | The International Weeks against Racism in the Federal Republic of Germany | March 14, 2019, Leipzig | Title of scientific announcement: The timeless violation of human rights in Turkey.
American Turkish FriendShip Association | March 18, 2019, Washington DC | Title of scientific announcement: How the mass media help the defence of the human rights.
Brussels Press Club | April 9, 2019, Brussels | itle of scientific announcement: IDP & Solidary with Others present Purge Museum and The Noose.

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