EXCLUSIVE: A group of 200 refugees and immigrants, some newly arrived from Afghanistan, attended a special Vatican screening of the discovery+ documentary Francesco Monday night, and later met with…
told Deadline following the screening in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall. “He wanted to meet everybody and greet everybody… He is a human being who cherishes being close to the people, cherishes the moment he can spread love, joy in their lives–not easy lives. And he always remembers that he can be in their place [as a refugee]. He said it many, many times, ‘It can be you or me.
Afineevsky’s film, which already is available in the A.M.P.A.S. screening room for Oscar voters across all branches to see, examines the pope’s engagement with the world’s most pressing moral and ethical problems, including immigration and refugees, as well as “climate change… peace and religious tolerance, LGBTQ rights, gender and identity justice, health, and economic equality.”“He’s somebody who is trying to bring light to their plight [as refugees],” Afineevsky emphasized.
“I had a meeting with him also separately. He’s doing good,” Afineevsky said, noting the pope is planning to embark on a visit to Hungary and Slovakia next week. “He’s fully recovered, his health is completely back to normal. He’s full of energy–that’s what I saw in our meeting… He’s ready to continue his important mission and he’s preparing for his international trip.”
Had the screening taken place in July, it would have occurred before the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan that set off a mass exodus from the country. Afineevsky sees the change of date as providential. “Right now, the plight of refugees, and specifically the plight of Afghan immigrants and Afghan people is more important than ever,” the director said. “And I think [Monday night’s] event brings importance to their plight. It’s like hand of God, who moved it from July until September… Today, the Afghani people need, more than anything, attention and through this event I think we are bringing this attention.
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