The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe
Australia, 2017
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Ros Horin
Starring: Aminata Conteh-Biger, Yordanos Haile-Michael, Rosemary Kariuki-Fyfe, Yarrie Bangura
What's it about?
Restore your faith in humanity with this vibrant story of hope and resilience. Four African Australian women (former refugees), all victims of sexual abuse and violence, take on the risky and difficult challenge of creating and performing their stories in a professional theatre production. The film charts their journeys over a 5-year period from tentative and painful beginnings in exploratory workshops through to the eventual triumph of their theatre show against all the odds.
Source: SBS Movies
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France, 2009
Genre: Drama
Language: French
Director: Philippe Lioret
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana, Derya Ayverdi
What's it about?
A 17-year-old Kurdish refugee has spent the last three months of his life travelling across Europe in an attempt to reunite with his girlfriend in England. The end is in sight wen Bilal finally reaches the far north coast of France, where he can literally see the white cliffs of Dover across the English Channel. Bilal devises a plan to swim across the freezing waters of the Channel, and in training at the local swimming pool, he crosses paths with Simon (Vincent Lindon), a middle-aged swimming instructor with a dejected spirit, with whom he forges a common bond.
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Watch interview with director Philippe Lioret
Watch interview with director Philippe Lioret
Source: SBS Movies
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