By Alexa Telano | Manager of Development
Today, over 84 million people are displaced from their homes or countries of origin, each with an important story. The global refugee crisis continues to represent a pressing humanitarian emergency. There are more refugees today than at any other time in history. Over 40 million people have been internally displaced, and 25 million more have been forced to leave their native country. These people are victims of genocide, environmental crises, political upheaval, and repressive regimes. We have focused on the Syrian refugee crisis since 2013. In 2015, we made a documentary short Three, and in 2017, we made the feature Lost In Lebanon. We have expanded our efforts to document the experiences of refugees, producing work on Tibetans living in exile and Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
Our first feature documentary, The Devil Came on Horseback (2007), takes the viewer on an emotionally charged journey into the heart of Darfur, Sudan, where in 2004, U.S. Marine Captain Brian Steidle became witness to a genocide that to date has claimed over 400,000 lives. As an official military observer, Steidle had access to parts of the country that no journalist could penetrate. One subject from the film, Adam Moussa, shared his experience in fleeing Sudan to become a refugee: “We heard the noise of the Antonov fire bomber hovering over our heads…When we heard that noise, we came out to our veranda, and my oldest son showed me it was the Antonov fire bomber. At the same time, we heard the bomb from the rocket, the crash roaring from the sky, and the light green, red, and white, and the rush of fire. I told the children to lie down. The rocket came and landed within 50 or less meters from our house. The dust was very, very dense that we were not able to see each other. So in the early morning, before the Antonov fire bomber came again at dawn, we fled to Chad. We want the international community to push on the government of Sudan to make peace with the Sudanese people.”
3G continues to spread awareness about the plight of refugees and document their stories so they receive the support and compassion they deserve. To learn more about the refugee crisis and other important issues, please visit our website, 3generations.org,sign up for our newsletter, and engage with us on social media to stay updated on 3 Generations. We thank you for your ongoing support and generosity.
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