Children in Gold: The Refugee Crisis

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterAccording to the United Nations refugee agency, more than one million refugees and migrants reached Europe by sea in 2015. More than 80% of the migrants arrived in Greece, with the majority landing on Lesbos Island.
Filmmaker Irina Patkanian and photographer/cinematographer, Gus Ford, spent the fall of 2015 on Lesbos, filming and photographing the experience of migrants fleeing from war, poverty and depravation. The images,