FOR MELBOURNE VISITORS: SCREENING OF AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY ON REFUGEES, JOURNEY BEYOND FEAR, SUN CINEMA, YARRAVILLE

Date, Saturday May 18th - and that is election day.

Filmed over seven years, Journey Beyond Fear follows a family of Afghan refugees in Malaysia as they await eventual settlement in Australia. Unable to legally work or access education and healthcare, they battle poverty and rapidly declining mental health as they wait for Australia’s government bureaucracy to file and process their formal request for asylum, unsure if they’ll even live to see our shores.

This film documents the inhumane, laborious and ineffectual standards in place for refugees hoping to avoid Australia’s offshore processing, showing how even the system for seeking asylum the “right way” is cruel, punitive and ultimately broken.

Next screening: Melbourne. Saturday May 18th, 2pm, Sun Theatre Yarraville -
Human Rights Arts & Film Festival (HRAFF) - HRAFF Goes West.

Tickets: https://2019.hraff.org.au/events/journey-beyond-fear/
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Website: https://www.journeybeyondfear.com
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IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9196980/