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Our first public outing was scheduled for the 18 – 19 November 2011. It was to be held in collaboration with Afghan Voices, a project based in Afghanistan that trains young adults to produce news and documentaries. We were excited by the prospect of having a number of their team in Australia, screening their videos and developing [...]
You may recall the callous and nonsensical destruction of one of the few remaining marvels of human antiquity, the two Buddha’s of Bamiyan, blown-up by the Taliban in March 2001. It was between 500 and 554 AD when were carved from the sandstone cliff face from where they stood. A network of tunnels connected the two [...]
We’re now two weeks into training, with the third workshop this Friday digging straight into script-writing. It’s hands-on all the way! The first two workshops opened with sessions on story-telling. The first led by the traditional North Queensland story-teller, Boori Monty Pryor, and writer / Director Meme McDonald. The idea was to provide the team [...]
It was always going to be a challenging day for Melbourne based Hazara. Not only did they have the weather to contend with, but much of the country, and Victoria in particular, would be focused on the AFL Grand Final. Today, the 1st of October, saw the international protest against the targeted killing of Hazaras [...]
It was a chilly Friday morning, scarf wrapped around my neck, as I walked to Redfern Station where I would take a train to Fairfield, rolling through the suburbs that were so familiar to my childhood growing up in Sydney’s outer west. I was on route to Carramar where I would meet with Jasmina from [...]
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