_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: ekalerante@yahoo.gr, calliopetsantali@yahoo.gr; Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies 6(2): 48-55, 2020; Article no.AJESS.53634 ISSN: 2581-6268 The Social Self of Child Refugee through Cinema: A Sociological – Educational Approach Evaggelia Kalerante 1* and Calliope Tsantali 1* 1 University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between both authors. Author KE designed the study and wrote the protocol. Author TC wrote the first draft of the manuscript and managed the literature searches. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJESS/2020/v6i230173 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Sara Marelli, Department of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Hospital IRCCS San Raffaele Ville Turro, Italy. (2) Dr. E. Seda Koc, Department of Child Development, Vocational School of Health Sciences, Namık Kemal University, Turkey. Reviewers: (1) Etta Mercy Aki, University of Buea, Cameroon. (2) Jacques A. Wainberg, University – PUCRS, Brazil. (3) Asti Meiza, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN), Indonesia. (4) Ajayi C. Omoogun, University of Calabar, Nigeria. (5) Anonymous, Cyprus. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/53634 Received 06 November 2019 Accepted 12 January 2020 Published 01 February 2020 ABSTRACT This paper is concerned with contemporary cinema films about refugees in an attempt to highlight their social self through redefined identities. The refugee issue is a crucial one to the global community. Political structures are tested by population mobility, while the democratic system is also challenged. The interpretation of discourse determinant to refugee social self is supported through studying cinema films. Focus is placed on screenplay, image and expression of feelings by the actors. Five films portraying child refugees’ life trajectories are utilized to highlight the reconstruction of their social selves, while struggling for survival and violently being introduced to early adulthood. Cultural issues are correlated with social meanings and interpretative discourse patterns based on the way they are illustrated in the films. The film itself becomes discourse expressing the reality through correlating meanings constructed within the social, political and cultural setting. The unfolding of films, as interpretative patterns, includes knowledge that is the meanings of everyday Commentary