Redlands for Refugees is proud to present the Scattered People film by Being Reel Films. 

VENUE: Trinity Uniting Church, 47 Marlborough Rd. Wellington Point. Redland City. 

DATE: Sunday June 27 TIME: 2.30 - 4.30 pm 

Coffee Van will be on site after the screening. 

Purchase tickets here

An inspiring and thought-provoking documentary. Music can heal and transform on a personal and community level. But can it build a bridge between middle Australia and some of the world's most vulnerable people? Through the eyes and hearts of two Iranian musicians, Scattered People is a story about the healing power of music, bringing together people, cultures and countries while exploring Australians' attitudes towards people seeking asylum. Scattered People is about the power of music to create change and restore hope. It is a story of restitution and hope, of shared humanity and the role music can play in forging bonds of friendship and respect and giving voice to otherwise unsung heroes. 

It features interviews with music icons including Missy Higgins, John Butler, Archie Roach, Michael Franti, Katie Noonan, Dan Sultan, Baker Boy, Harry James Angus and more. The Scattered People are a band of kindred spirit musicians in Brisbane, Australia who play, write and record the music and stories of asylum seekers they encounter in detention and community centres, producing high quality albums. We follow their relationships, rehearsals and public performances and hear their heartfelt stories of courage and character as they create Sugarmill Road, their last album. The SCATTERED PEOPLE film is an inspiring and thought-provoking documentary about our music and our humanity which paint a picture of life as a musician seeking asylum in an unwelcoming country. 

Being Reel Films was founded with a vision to produce real life stories of humanity to counterbalance an increasingly commercialised and impersonalised world. Being Reel Films is humanitarian, progressive, enabling and empowering, and is driven by universal values of peace, freedom, social progress, equal rights and human dignity, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights half a century ago. The purpose of Being Reel Films is to create films, documentaries and social impact projects with stakeholders that disrupts and creates positive change with 

real-world outcomes.

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Asylum Seeker and Refugee Assistance Program receives ongoing Queensland government support.

 Dear All

I wanted to share some good news with you!

 

We’ve just learned that the Asylum Seeker and Refugee Assistance Program whose initial contract ends this month will receive a new contract for $8.3 million over 4 years.

 

The Commission engaged with both the Minister, Leanne Linard, and many State MPs and many of you did also.

 

Thanks so much for your efforts. This is a very good outcome. We expected that the contract would be renewed, but with reduced funding. Instead, the level of funding has been maintained and it is for a much longer period than expected.

 

This will allow the 6 organisations which are part of the ASRA collaboration to offer on-going wrap around support to people seeking asylum who often have no income or accommodation support.

 

Thanks, also, to those who have donated to the ASRA appeal in recent months. Your donations are still welcome as there will be a couple of months delay before the new funding starts flowing. I’ve attached the information on donations if you are interested.

 

Even though it’s wonderful to see this support continue. It is badly needed. Let’s keep doing whatever we can to support the needs of people seeking asylum who find themselves in great difficulty.

 

Peace

Peter Arndt

Executive Officer

Catholic Justice & Peace Commission

Archdiocese of Brisbane

194 Charlotte St., Brisbane  QLD  4000

GPO Box 282,  Brisbane  QLD  4001

P: +61 7 3324 3441

M: +61 409 265 476

The Commission acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we work and live.  We pay our respects to the Elders, past and present.  Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.