Film screening: The Staging Post
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When Muzafar Ali encouraged his friend, 17 year-old refugee Khadim Dai, to start filming his life on his mobile phone, they sparked a refugee-led education revolution. The Staging Post is a real-life, real-time story of courage, connection, and the power of the community.
Courageous People Never Give Up.
This screening is part of Refugee Festival Scotland. Presented by Belmont Community Cinema Ltd in association with Nowruz Aberdeen and Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums.
About Muzafar Ali
Muzafar Ali is a former refugee from Afghanistan, currently living in Adelaide, Australia, where he is a student at the University of South Australia.
He worked for the United Nations in Afghanistan, supporting the disbandment of illegal armed groups and promoting human rights He became a well-known photographer with photos he took while working in remote and rarely visited areas of Afghanistan.
Later he was forced to leave and made his way to Indonesia, where he co-founded the first refugee-managed school in Indonesia, the Cisarua Refugee Learning Centre.
Muzafar is passionate refugee advocate and regularly speaks for and to refugees in Australia and internationally. His life as a refugee in Indonesia is featured in the recently released documentary, The Staging Post.
About Jolyon Hoff - Director/Producer of The Staging Post
Jolyon is an Australian Documentary Filmmaker. He was living in Jakarta when Australia ‘stopped the boats’. He had never met a refugee, so he went to the staging post for boats travelling to Christmas Island. He wanted to know to who they were, where they came from, and what they were going to do now? Almost immediately he met, Muzafar and Khadim.
Jolyon established Cisarua Learning, an Australian registered charity, to support the refugee-led education that his friends started. There are now ten refugee-led schools in Indonesia and over 1500 students receiving education from approximately 100 refugee teachers. Jolyon, Khadim and Muzafar manage the charity together.
Courageous People Never Give Up.
This screening is part of Refugee Festival Scotland. Presented by Belmont Community Cinema Ltd in association with Nowruz Aberdeen and Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums.
About Muzafar Ali
Muzafar Ali is a former refugee from Afghanistan, currently living in Adelaide, Australia, where he is a student at the University of South Australia.
He worked for the United Nations in Afghanistan, supporting the disbandment of illegal armed groups and promoting human rights He became a well-known photographer with photos he took while working in remote and rarely visited areas of Afghanistan.
Later he was forced to leave and made his way to Indonesia, where he co-founded the first refugee-managed school in Indonesia, the Cisarua Refugee Learning Centre.
Muzafar is passionate refugee advocate and regularly speaks for and to refugees in Australia and internationally. His life as a refugee in Indonesia is featured in the recently released documentary, The Staging Post.
About Jolyon Hoff - Director/Producer of The Staging Post
Jolyon is an Australian Documentary Filmmaker. He was living in Jakarta when Australia ‘stopped the boats’. He had never met a refugee, so he went to the staging post for boats travelling to Christmas Island. He wanted to know to who they were, where they came from, and what they were going to do now? Almost immediately he met, Muzafar and Khadim.
Jolyon established Cisarua Learning, an Australian registered charity, to support the refugee-led education that his friends started. There are now ten refugee-led schools in Indonesia and over 1500 students receiving education from approximately 100 refugee teachers. Jolyon, Khadim and Muzafar manage the charity together.
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Where is it happening?
Aberdeen Art Gallery, 63 Hilton Street, Aberdeen, AB24 4QR, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherAberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
