Director of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland
WARSAW, Poland -- Right-wing Polish leaders denounced a new feature film by director Agnieszka Holland as it premiered in the country Friday, accusing the work of defaming Poland with its exploration of a migration crisis along the border with Belarus.“Green Border” won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. Government officials in Poland have harshly criticized the film for weeks, although most of them acknowledge not having seen it. The film is a harrowing exploration of human suffering in the border zone of forests and swamps between Belarus and Poland, and its fictional characters include Polish security officials mistreating migrants from the Middle East.Holland was born in Poland and has worked on films there, but now lives in France.In an unusual mov...