Even After Death (Release Trailer)

Ever since the beginning of the refugee crisis in 2014, nearly 20 000 people have died crossing the Mediterranean sea as well as crossing the river Evros along the land border between Turkey and Greece. Most of the deceased have been found without documents, which makes identification extremely difficult, if possible at all. Even After Death presents the ways this problem is handled by coroners and forensic experts in different parts of Greece, and the movement to develop an internationally recognized system of human rights even after death.
The movie takes viewers on a journey through marked and unmarked graves around Greece where refugees have been buried since the beginning of the crisis, and explains how difficult it is to find a family member who has died while crossing to Europe whether in a morgue or a cemetary.
Through the story of an Afghan woman who survived a deadly shipwreck off the coast of Turkey, Even After Death portrays the situation thousands of refugees face who have lost their loved ones while trying to cross to Europe. The movie focuses on an under-reported issue of the identification of refugee bodies, DNA collection, culturally appropriate funerals and systematic identification of personal effects and grave-marking.
As part of the advanced course offered by ReFOCUS Media Labs on Lesvos, Even After Death was conceptualized, written and filmed by refugees who survived the Mediterranean crossing, and felt compelled to tell their collective story.
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