Bag Mohajer - Refugee Bag
This film tells the stories of three young Afghan men working on the project "Bag Mohajer", Refugee Bag. With the help of a German designer they make bags out of the boats and life jackets that have washed up on the Isle of Lesbos. Pouring themselves into their work, these refugees produce bags that travel to places they themselves can't access.
Adrian Oeser is a Frankfurt-based journalist and filmmaker. He has studied television journalism at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2015. In the past few years he has made documentary movies including, With heads held high. Living and surviving in kibbutz Ma'abarot (www.docview.org), and the cross-media project, "An exception" (www.eine-ausnahme.de). Oeser recognizes the importance of bringing underrepresented perspectives to public discourse, and emphasizing both the political dimension and the ambivalence of human experience. He likes to listen to stories, and sees his films as an outlet for his interviewees’ perspectives.