The First One Crossing The River
My Master's Project.
Source: crossingtheriver.sarah-fritz.de
I was priviledged to be called mad, because this label allowed me to be free. (Dr. Suaad Genem-George)
This documentary short film unfolds the many bitter truths and hardships faced by Dr. Suaad Genem-George in her unrelenting advocacy for human rights. It is a story that instills hope in moments of darkness and an undying faith in oneself. It is a story that asks us to follow our dreams, question the system that treats us unfairly and rise against all odds of life. It is a story of valor, vigor and victory.
The last 25 years of Suaad’s advocacy work in Exeter, Southwest England, has resulted in the UK’s biggest annual celebration of culture and diversity - the Exeter Respect Festival - bringing together diverse communities to learn and to celebrate the fact that we are ‘all different and all equal’.