REFUGEE WEEK EVENTS

Northern Territory

Saturday 19 June - Jingili Water Gardens
World Refugee Day Celebrations
A Great day out for all the family …Traditional and Contemporary Dancing, Speeches, Traditional Foodstalls from Africa and Asia, Childrens’ activities- face painting, water slide, jumping castle, Youth Art Exhibition and lots more !
Details: 2:00pm - 6:00pm; Jingili Water Gardens. Everyone Welcome!

Saturday 19 June - ABC Radio National
The five fingers of Sri Lanka, Documentary Series
In May 2009 when the war in Sri Lanka ended the Tamil and Singhalese communities in Australia tried to make sense of the years of fighting. There was violence and protest on the streets of Sydney as Tamils maintained the rage for relatives and friends in Sri Lanka who were dead or missing. From the war zone of Northern Sri Lanka stories of violence and treachery on both sides of the conflict emerge; a woman whose leg was amputated out of revenge, a hospital filled with traumatised children, the daily threat of suicide bombers. For this program producer Johan Gabrielsson travelled to parts of Sri Lanka where no other media had access.
Details: 2:00pm; ABC Radio National.

Sunday 20 June - SBS TV
Movie - Kandahar
Mohsen Makhmalbaf's award-winning film about an Afghani-born Canadian
resident who goes to Afghanistan in the midst of war in search of her
sister. Joining a caravan of refugees returning to war-torn country for a
variety of reasons, Nafas soon gets a clear and disturbing portrait of the
toll the Taliban regime has taken upon its people.
Details:11.30pm, SBS 2. See www.sbs.com.au/refugees for more information.

Monday 21 June - SBS TV
Movie - Baran
A racist, naive Iranian labourer falls in love when he realises that the
Afghan boy who stole his job and whom he was angry with, is actually a girl. Directed one of Iran's most celebrated directors, Majid Majidi and stars
Hossein Abedidi and Mohammad Reza Naji. (From Iran, in Farsi, English
subtitles) (Drama) 2001 (Rpt) PG WS
Details: 11.30pm, SBS 2. See www.sbs.com.au/refugees for more information.

Thursday 24 June - Deckchair Cinema
Melaleuca Fundraiser Premier Screening of 'Hope.'
Details: 7:30pm movie 'Hope' about the journey of an asylum seeker who was a survivor of the SIEVX, followed by Q&A with director Steve Thomas. Delicious food and Chai on sale from 6:30pm. Pre-sale tickets from Melaleuca or Deckchair on the night $13(full), $10 (conc), $8 (DFS members, seniors)
For more information phone: 8985 3311 or contact jeannie.ocarroll@melaleuca.org.au.