Island of the Hungry Ghosts is an evocative film set on Christmas Island in 2018. The film is topical as the Australian government is reopening the Christmas Island Detention Centre and is sending people there from mainland immigration detention centres.
Film Night Program:
1. Introduction
2. Film screening (90 minutes)
3. Q&A session with Christine Cummins, trauma counsellor, who has worked on Christmas Island with refugees in immigration detention, and Pamela Curr OAM, prominent refugee advocate.
Zoom link: https://amnestyau.zoom.us/j/95067209328
Meeting ID: 950 6720 9328
Enquiries: email refugeefilmnight@gmail.com
This is a free event, but if you would like to donate to the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Trust Account details are:
BSB: 083 004
Account: 56 924 6603
Donations are tax deductible. If you would like a receipt, please send an email to jcaldwell@basp.org.au