Community Connection – Ferolyn Angell’s Indie Film “Crossings…Moves”
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Ferolyn Angell stopped by to tell us about her independent film about refugee struggles, using theater, dance, music, poetry and the voices of immigrants to start a conversation in various communities about the topic of forced migration and anti-immigrant attitudes.
Her film will be shown April 27th at 2:00 pm at Roosevelt Hall. 202 Hawkins Ave. Barrett, MN 564311.
Sponsored by Dan Olson and the Prairie Wind Players and Lyssa Lovejoy and the Evansville Arts Coalition.
Ferolyn Angell is the daughter of a refugee. She is a Dance artist who has lived in West Central Minnesota since 1984. Her mother was forced to flee Germany in 1939 and was never able to return to her home. This reality has haunted Ferolyn’s entire life. As a Dance artist she has taken up the threads of this universal story in the film “crossings….moves”. The film is based on a collaboration and performances that took place in her mother’s home town of Schwedt, Germany. During the summer of 2023, a group of artists, refugees and immigrants came together to create an event using dance, music and theater to share stories about forced migration.
There is a refugee crisis in the world today and not just at the borders of the United States. The British newspaper The Gaurdian recently reported that: “According to the latest Conflict Intensity Index, the proportion of the world engulfed by conflict has grown 65% over the last three years. The global refugee population increased by 7% to 43.4 million last year and as of June 2024 an estimated 122.6 million people around the world were forced to flee their homes.”
