"I Live Here" is a paper documentary-an intimate journey to
humanitarian crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya,
ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in
Malawi.
~THE BOOK~
"I Live Here" is a visually stunning narrative -- told through
journals, stories, images, and graphic novellas -- in which the
lives of refugees and displaced people become at once personal and
global. Bearing witness to stories that are too often overlooked,
it is a raw and intimate journey to crises in four corners of the
world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in
Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi.
The voices" "we encounter" "are those of displaced women and
children, in their own words or in stories told in text and images
by noted writers and artists. The stories unfold in an avalanche:
An orphan goes to jail for stealing leftovers. A teenage girl falls
in love in a city of disappeared women. A child soldier escapes his
army only to be saved by the people he was taught to kill.
Mia Kirshner's journals guide us through a unique paper documentary
brought vividly to life in collaboration with J.B. MacKinnon, Paul
Shoebridge, and Michael Simons, with featured works by Joe Sacco,
Ann-Marie MacDonald, Phoebe Gloeckner, Chris Abani, Karen Connelly,
Kamel Khelif, and many others.
~THE JOURNEYS ~
Ingushetia
The border of the Russian republic of Ingushetia is not even fifty
miles from Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya. Today, some 15,000
Chechen refugees live in Ingushetia. Mia Kirshner and Joe Sacco
traveled here together, returning with first-person accounts,
video, photographs, and other materials gathered in Nazran and
Moscow. The chapter includes journals by Mia Kirshner, the story of
a young refugee as told by J.B. MacKinnon, the story of a young
piano virtuoso as told by Ann-Marie Macdonald, and a graphic
novella of Chechen refugees by Joe Sacco.
Burma
Ethnic cleansing by the Burmese military has displaced an estimated
500,000 to 1 million people; over 100,000 live in refugee camps
along the Thailand-Burma border. Burma is also believed to be home
to more child soldiers than any other country in the world. Mia
Kirshner and Michael Simons took separate trips to the region; this
chapter is based on their interviews, photos, and video, as well as
writing by sex workers and Karen refugees. It includes journals by
Mia Kirshner, as well as work by Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, J.B.
Mackinnon, and a graphic novella by Kamel Khelif.
Juarez
Ciudad Juarez is a large industrial border city in Mexico across
the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. Since 1993, young women, many
of them employees of Juarez's more than three hundred
"maquiladoras," or global trade zone factories, have been
disappearing from the streets. Mia Kirshner and Phoebe Gloeckner
made independent journeys to this region; this book is informed by
the stories and images they brought home. It includes journals, a
story of one of the victims by Lauren Kirshner, and a graphic
novella by Phoebe Gloeckner.
Malawi
Malawi is one of the world's poorest countries, and has an AIDS
rate close to twenty percent. The disease touches every aspect of
daily life in the African nation, introducing immense chaos,
particularly in the case of orphan children. Mia Kirshner and J.B.
MacKinnon made the trip to Malawi and returned with interviews,
photographs, writing, and artworks. This book includes journals, a
children's story by J.B. MacKinnon with art by Julie Morstad, and
the stories and artwork of boys in a local prison.
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