The Great Wall

The Great Wall has been completed at its most southerly point So begins Kafkas short story At the Building of the Great Wall of China and so at Europes heavily militarised southeastern frontier begins this film In the shadow of its own narratives of freedom Europe has been quietly building its own great wall Like its famous Chinese precursor this wall has been piecemeal in construction diverse in form and dubious in utility Gradually cohering across the continent this system of enclosure and exclusion is urged upon a populace seemingly willing to accept its necessity and to contribute to its building