Video clips on migrants of Central Asia

         As you might have guessed the main hero is a labour migrant who is going abroad to work there. His family accompanying him gets into the shot - his mother and younger brother, meagre settings of the house’s courtyard is also shown. The main hero works a lot and hard regularly sending money home. What the sent money is spent for is also shown, i.e. for celebrations, purchase of a car. Joyful homecoming of the labour migrant is darkened by the same meagre surroundings and the need in the family which was here before his departure.

Further, there is a reflection of an alternative outcome. The main character during his work abroad thinks about the way to invest his funds and comes to a different decision. Now his arrival is not overshadowed at all, meagre surroundings had disappeared, the dilapidated gate had been replaced by a new metal gate, and instead of hopeless penury a shop for baking bread had appeared.

Both scenarios of the course of events should make labour migrants and first of all their families remaining in the homeland think about the rational use of remitted funds for their long-term and sustainable development.

The character of the video is going abroad for earnings, and while waiting for the train he is watching videos about migrants in his phone. All videos about migrants have negative content. Once in the train, he continues watching the videos. Upon arrival he has a bottle of beer in his hands but having thought about it he decides to throw it away, a local woman seeing the action nods her head as an approval.

Reflection of an internal struggle between negative and positive principles of the main character and making the correct decision which was greatly influence by watching negative aspects of our migrants is the main message of this movie. The right decision in this case is symbolized by a thrown away bottle of beer, and viewing videos of negative content is intended to convey to the audience - potential migrants, the message of how they cannot behave. The following slogan completes the video: “You are an ambassador of your country, wherever you may be. Your people are judges by you.”

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