Green Border: this film, by Agnieszka Holland, is equally enraging and heartbreaking, as it exposes yet another facet of a refugee crisis that doesn’t seem to get any better as time passes. The narrative follows a few threads that crisscross: a group of refugees, mainly a Syrian family escaping the war and trying to reach Sweden; a young Polish border patrolman; and a group of human rights activists trying to help those in need. The refugees are shown as treated as less than human at every turn, abused, and used as mere pawns in a dirty political game, and those willing to do them well are limited in what they can do. Acting is generally solid, with the highlight being Maja Ostaszewska, who goes from passionate observer to someone painfully and angrily involved. Cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk shoots the film in striking and stark black-and-white as if colour would be too lively for such a story; the urgent camera feels appropriate. Editor Pavel Hrdlicka jumps from one thread to another ably, and the pace is tense.