Fransa’daki Afrikalı Göçmenlerde Sosyal Dışlanma ve Göçmen Hareketi: Athena Filmi Bağlamında Bir İnceleme
Social Exclusion and Migrant Movement among African Migrants in France: An Analysis in the Context of Athena Film

Summary/Abstract: The conflict between the security forces and immigrant children, who perceive that they are deprived of equal citizenship rights in France, takes place both in factual reality and in fiction through its reflection in cinema. The film Athena (2022) brings the story of the uprising and rebellion process that begins in a fictional suburb of Paris after the alleged murder of a 13-year-old Algerian boy by the police. This study aims to examine the film Athena in the context of social exclusion through thematic analysis method with the assumption that “cinema is a presentation of society” and that immigrants are excluded by the wider society as one of the disadvantaged communities in the countries of immigration and that the problematic of social cohesion and integration leads to mutual conflict. Despite its weaknesses that miss the reality of the causes of the divisions in French society, the film clearly shows that social exclusion and discrimination experienced by immigrants in different areas lead to uncontrollable anger and that the spiral of mutual violence can lead to deadly conflicts and consequences.

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