New documentary by Mira Erdevicki follows three Roma people living in the UK and how Brexit and Covid has affected their lives.
This eye-opening documentary by Slovakian director shows this reviewer, an Anglo-Saxon middle-class individual a view to a world I am unfamiliar with. It is about three gypsies who have come to the UK to seek progress and raise a family in a better world.
We see Denisa, the first Roma British lawyer who helps migrants affected by post-Brexit legislation; Petr who has been awarded the MBE for community policing and Ondrej, a teaching assistant who wants to study psychology.
All are supporting their family, all have hopes and dreams yet these are scuppered firstly by the decision of the British populace to leave the European Union and then Covid which restricted their movement on a different level.
The determination of the trio is undeniable, their character never waivers and the belief that they can make a difference is powerful. There is no agenda foisted upon the viewer in this document, merely the three people speak for themselves serving as vital cogs within the community at large from Leicester to Peterborough to London suburbs - hard working people who are valued for their industry and personality.
As a time capsule of those moments in 2020 when we were moving through a difficult social and world-changing event, Ondrej's footage of Leicester as a ghost town as he states it reminds us of what we were experiencing.
Shot mostly by the three people themselves with hand-held point of view perspective mixed with telling voiceover of the individuals, this is a powerful document for those who have not seen such lifestyle or are ignorant of other people's hardships and what they must overcome to fulfil their dreams and aspirations.
Leaving To Remain is out on 28th April on limited release by Verve Pictures
My thanks to EmFoundation PR for the review opportunity.
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