Description
To escape oppression and a past that haunts her, Shewit flees Eritrea at great personal risk. At the age of 15, after being captured by human traffickers in Libya, she finally arrives in Switzerland, a country in which she places all her hopes. But seven years later, she still does not have a residence permit, and her fate continues to depend on the decision of the authorities... As a migrant on probation, facing deportation, Shewit does not give up and continues to fight to realize her dream: to become a free woman. A struggle for her emancipation, documented over ten years under the empathetic gaze of filmmaker Anne-Frédérique Widmann. In the presence of the film team. Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
Highlights
- Documentary about Shewit's escape from Eritrea
- In the presence of the film team
- Addresses emancipation and migration
General Information
The documentary "Freedom – The Fate of Shewit" tells the moving story of a young Eritrean who flees her homeland at great personal risk. The film highlights her challenges and the long journey toward emancipation in Switzerland.
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September 2026
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