Showing posts with label Refugee Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Refugee Week. Show all posts
Refugee Week - Film Screening
Between the devil and the deep blue sea – Wednesday 19th June, 7pm at Sutherland Library.
Refugee:
It happened to me edited by Helen Elliot
To celebrate Refugee Week (16th June – 22nd June) Sutherland
Library will screen the film,
“Between the devil and the deep blue sea” at 7pm
on Wednesday 19th June. Book
now.
This 53 minute film, through candid interviews, hidden
camera footage and in the words of asylum seekers themselves, tells the story
of the ‘refugee’. What pushes people to leave home? What do they leave behind?
What do they fear? Why did they choose this path? And what does it take to turn
someone into a ‘boat person'?
Restoring Hope is the theme for Refugee Week this year. Hope ‘for a better life’ is a major driver
for people who embark on such dangerous journeys. To provide some aid to those working
toward that aim, gold coin donations will be requested on the night and the
proceeds donated to Amnesty International. There will be a representative from the Sutherland Shire Friends of Amnesty introducing the film and taking a few questions afterwards.
World Refugee Day is the following day, Thursday 20th
June, and there are many events
and activities across NSW on that day and throughout the week to focus
attention on the difficult circumstances faced by people across the world who
have found themselves without a place to live.
Here is a short taste of the offerings the library has which
highlight this issue.
Refugee
to resident by Ibtihal Samarayi
The
happiest refugee by Anh Do
Hope DVD
Goodbye
Sarajevo by Atka Reid
Hope
DVD
Shire Stories - a Refugee Week video
To celebrate Refugee Week, Shire Wide Youth Services, in partnership with Curious Works and funded by the Sutherland Shire Council Community Services Grant put together this short film about a young Refugee's experiences on his first day in an Australian school. The script was written by Menai High School's ESL class and provided a group of young people with refugee backgrounds, a great opportunity to share their stories and learn about film-making in the process. Check out the video and tell us what you think:
Shire Stories from Sutherland Shire Libraries on Vimeo.
Shire Stories from Sutherland Shire Libraries on Vimeo.
Australian Refugee Film Festival
To acknowledge Refugee Week 21st June - 26th June, Sutherland Library will be showing the films from the Australian Refugee Film Festival.
These films will first screen on the 19th June, at the Uniting Church, 264 Pitt Street, Sydney 2pm - 5pm to mark the opening of Refugee Week.
They are then coming to Sutherland Library! Starting on Monday the 21st June and continuing until Saturday 26th June, there will be 3 daily screenings at 10am, 2pm and 6.30pm Monday to Friday, and 2 screenings on Saturday at 10am and 1.30pm.
Nine short films with a total runtime of 2 hours & 12 minutes, provide insight into a variety of aspects of being one of the 9.2 million refugees across the world today.
So join us at 10am Monday 21st June, for the launch of the following films:
KudualFilm on Sydney's Dinka Community
Starting Point
Film on a refugee transition school in the UK
Something to Exchange: a Dialogue Between Old and New
MigrantsA film from the Plural + Youth Film FestivalWarda
A film from the Plural + Youth Film Festival
Steps to Freedom
A Film on the Burma conflict
SlavesA film on the Sudan conflict
Giraffe in the rainA film on the general asylum seeker situation
FoodBank
A film from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Melbourne
One FamilyA film from the refugee documentary project in New York
KudualFilm on Sydney's Dinka Community
Starting Point
Film on a refugee transition school in the UK
Something to Exchange: a Dialogue Between Old and New
MigrantsA film from the Plural + Youth Film FestivalWarda
A film from the Plural + Youth Film Festival
Steps to Freedom
A Film on the Burma conflict
SlavesA film on the Sudan conflict
Giraffe in the rainA film on the general asylum seeker situation
FoodBank
A film from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Melbourne
One FamilyA film from the refugee documentary project in New York
Contact Sutherland Library for details 9710 0351
Refugee Film Festival
To commemorate National Refugee Week, this years Refugee Film Festival, will be screening from 15th - 20th June at Sutherland Library.
Over the past 60 years, 700,000 refugees and humanitarian migrants have made Australia their home.
Witness the triumphs, tragedies, challenges and opportunities refugees have faced, and continue to face as captured in these moving documentaries.
Come to the Southern lounge, screenings will start at 10am, 12noon, 2pm, and 4pm daily.
Over the past 60 years, 700,000 refugees and humanitarian migrants have made Australia their home.
Witness the triumphs, tragedies, challenges and opportunities refugees have faced, and continue to face as captured in these moving documentaries.
Come to the Southern lounge, screenings will start at 10am, 12noon, 2pm, and 4pm daily.
Young Voices: Refugee Week 17-23 June
Come to Sutherland Library and see fabulous photos and visions of the future by refugee students in Young Voices, a display celebrating Refugee Week, 17-23 June 2007.These students attended a Homework Club supported by St Phillips Anglican Church at Caringbah and Gymea Community Aid and Information Service. The students have come from Sudan. They are relatively recent arrivals in Sutherland Shire who are enjoying the peace, acceptance and freedom found in their adopted home.
These students are also featured in an exhibition at Kogarah Library - Voices of Our Young People from Refugee Backgrounds - which will be launched on Tues 19th June at 4.30pm.
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