Event

Rohingya: Rights & Reality

Come along to a FREE documentary screening and photography exhibition, followed by a panel discussion with Q&A!

Documentary film screening:
“The Dreaming Vendors” by Ahmed Abid, A film on the boat people of Asia

Photography Exhibition:
Children of Naf River Basin by Abid Mallick and Salahuddin Ahmad

This event is jointly organised by:
Metro Assist
Bangla Hub
Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI),
Western Sydney University
Films 4 Peace Foundation and Lokoyog
State Library of NSW, Sydney

LOCATION
State Library of NSW, Sydney
Metcalfe auditorium
(Film Screening)
Macquarie room
(Photography Exhibition)

DATE & TIME
Saturday 23rd June, 2018
11am – 2pm

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Moushumi
(02) 9789 3744
moushumi.martin@metroassist.org.au
or Ahmed 0420 967 462
ahmed.khan@westernsydney.edu.au

The Dreaming Vendors

The Dreaming Vendors traces the lives of two Bengali street vendors, Kamal and Fazlu, who plan to escape poverty by seeking work in Malaysia. They sell off their land and businesses. They borrow money on high interest for the journey. They risk their very lives to travel to a country that could change their fortunes. However, they fall victim to human traffickers and spend almost a year at sea on a small fishing boat following a perilous route along the coasts of Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand.

LOCATION
State Library of NSW, Sydney
Metcalfe auditorium
(Film Screening)

DATE & TIME
Saturday 23rd June, 2018
11am – 2pm