Movies and Videos – Rural Australians for Refugees

Love Makes A Way organises events and actions to publicly witness to and dramatize the injustice of Australia’s asylum seeker policies, to awaken the conscience of the wider community, and to point to a better way.

As part of this action, Love Makes A Way Melbourne North have joined forces with Northwesterlies who have produced a song “5 years too long” in regards to our treatment of those seeking asylum in Australia. More information available in their slide show

NOW SHOWING The Staging Post – Inspirational new film
- The film follows two Afghan Hazara refugees, Muzafar and Khadim Muzafar was a presenter at 2018 National RAR Conference
- More information and screening times here

NOW SHOWING Journey Beyond Fear – Inspirational new film
- Filmed over 7 years, this is a story of love as much as a tale of persecution.
- More information and screening times here

A Beginning List of Fourteen DVDs/Films for those interested in refugee issues
Refugee Council of Australia’s List of Films
Amnesty International – 7 free short films about refugees recommended by human rights educators
Videos from the UNHCR youtube website
The Burnside Conversations is an extension of the conversations Julian Burnside had with the global human rights leaders featured in Border Politics. Phil Glendenning is also President of the Refugee Council of Australia and has made frequent, dangerous journeys to 22 countries to monitor the safety of asylum seekers rejected by Australia.
The Burnside Conversations digital series – features Julian Burnside in conversation with key Australian and global thinkers on the matter of asylum and current threats to human rights, expanding on views expressed in the Rymer Childs feature length documentary BORDER POLITICS.
Border Politics – New Film About a “Dark Patch in Australian History”
- See trailer, human rights barrister Julian Burnside as he traverses the globe examining the harsh treatment meted out to refugees by most Western democracies.
- This contemporary story is about the threat to human rights, the loss of democratic values and our increasingly heartless treatment of ‘the other’.
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
- Christmas Island’s famous migrating crabs, lost souls caught in limbo and political detainees intersect in lyrical, highly cinematic fashion in the Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary award winner.
- The tiny Indian Ocean Territory of Christmas Island has been a centre for migrating populations for millennia – first, the distinctive Christmas Island red crabs; then phosphate miners from Malaya in the 19^th century; and most recently, people seeking asylum in Australia. It is here, at the nexus of the three, that first-time feature documentarian Gabrielle Brady locates her extraordinary essay, an expansion of her award-winning 2017 short The Island. – http://www.christmasislandfilm.com/
- Here is a little 20 minute taster from The Guardian UK released last year. – https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/apr/13/crossing-boundaries-crabs-asylum-seekers-and-therapy-on-christmas-island-video
- Best Documentary Tribeca Film Festival 2018.
- Prix Buyens-Chagoll Visions du Reel, Switzerland 2018
- Best Documentary Official Competition at Valletta Film Festival 2018
- Special Jury Mention Edinburgh Film Festival 2018

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