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Over the past six months Diversitat Arts & Events Unit and Geelong Media Education Centre have been working with up to 20 community representatives, gathering and archiving their personal stories. The screening will showcase an insight into their personal journeys, memories, family and culture. The project has allowed individuals to not only rediscover their past but to archive important messages to share with their families and friends. For the broader community Diversitat aims to utilize the film as an important education tool to assist with raising the awareness of migrant and refugee experiences and ultimately to break down racial barriers and to build social cohesion, tolerance and a sense of belonging for all within the community. Communities represented are: Spanish, Italian, Croatian, Congolese, Karen, Karenni, Afghan, Sudanese, Macedonian, Dutch, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, and Maori. This collection of stories reflects great courage, love, respect and most importantly hope! While participants were timid during the first discussions of the project, now each have the inspiration to share and record their stories in other formats. Margaret from the Dutch Community had a great experience throughout the project and said “this project has inspired me to write down my story for my family”. The screening will only give audiences a glimpse into their experiences the full length stories will be available on line from the 1st October www.diversitat.org.au and www.gmec.info. This project was funded by Department of Planning and Community Development and COGG Arts Community Grant Program, and was supported by the staff and students at Geelong Media Education Centre (GMEC). On behalf of Diversitat we thank all participants that have trusted us to share their lives and intimate experiences. If you would like to attend the FREE screening on Sunday 11 September please contact Luisa via email on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
