QRSG Community Film Night

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Monday, June 20th, 2016
7:00 PM

To mark World Refugee Day, June 20, 2016 and to build understanding of the 8 member Karen Refugee family soon to begin a new life in Qualicum, Qualicum Refugee Sponsorship Group will showcase two highly regarded documentaries: Karen Refugees: Fleeing Burma's Forgotten  War (CBC/Icarus Films) and moving to Mars: a million miles from Burma (Coded Pictures/Worldview). Viewing and discussion will be followed by informal conversation and refreshments.

This event is free. All are welcome.

Film 1:

Karen Refugees: Fleeing Burma's Forgotten War  (Icarus Films, 2006; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Patrick Brown, reporter))

The film Karen Refugees: Fleeing Burma’s Forgotten War looks at the Karen situation in Burma and Thailand through the eyes of "backpack medics" and then follows one Karen woman and her family as they journey from Thailand to North America.  It was originally broadcast as a segment of "The National" on CBC.

Film 2:

Moving to Mars: A Million Miles from Burma (Worldview, 2009; Mat Whitecross, Director; Karen Katz, Producer)

Moving to Mars follows two refugee families from Burma over the course of a year that will change their lives completely. Forced from their homeland by the repressive military junta, they have lived in a Thai refugee camp, some for almost twenty years. A resettlement scheme offers them the chance of a new life; but their new home, in the British city of Sheffield, will be different to everything they’ve ever known.  This documentary was an award-winner in the 46th Annual Chicago International Film Festival. "a moving story - beautifully told" highlights the differences and universalities of human experience.