Refugee Film Festival Sydney - Screening + Q&A with film-makers and Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani: Stop the Boats

Stop the Boats

 

Tells the story of how Australia used a three word slogan to demonise  people seeking asylum, fleeing war and persecution; condemning them to indefinite offshore detention and torture in prison camps on Manus Island and Nauru. The story is told by people seeking asylum including children from within detention centres, secretly filmed in Nauru and Manus.   

The film features among others Manus Island detainee Behrouz Boochani, children detained in Nauru. Dr Munjed al Muderis, Julian Burnside QC, Ben Doherty , Phil Glendenning, Dr Ai-Lene Chan, Dr Peter Young, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Andrew Willkie MP and the late Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.

There will be a Q&A event with the filmmakers and Behrouz Boochani, Iranian journalist currently on Manus Island, after the screening.

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WHEN
June 22, 2018 at 6:30pm - 8pm
WHERE
Dendy Cinema Opera Quays
9 2 East Circular Quay
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia
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