FREE World Refugee Day Movie and Speaker Event

You are invited to attend this FREE World Refugee Day Movie and Speaker Event

to be held on World Refugee Day, June 20^th, at the Carnival Cinemas, 5420 47 Street, Red Deer.

Doors open at 6pm. “Ladder of my Life” at 6.30pm, “Salam Neighbor” at 7.15pm.

In light of the ongoing intake of refugees in Red Deer for the past 35 years and the plight of the recent influx of refugees from the Syrian crisis, we would like to show these movies to raise awareness and understanding about the lives of  refugees, both local and global and to encourage our communities to be welcoming and inclusive towards them.

We will be featuring the following Movies, followed by Speakers from Red Deer Empathy to Action, CARE and CSS.

LADDER OF MY LIFE

Tells the true story of Monybany Minyang Dau, from Red Deer, who survived the war in Sudan, enlisted as a child soldier, lived in a refugee camp in Ethiopia and was shipped to Cuba as a “Lost Boy”.

SALAM NEIGHBOR

Two Americans head to the edge of war, just seven miles from the Syrian border, to live among 85,000 uprooted refugees in Jordan’s Za’atari camp. For the first time ever, the UN allowed these two film makers to film inside a refugee camp.

Co-hosted by CARE (Central Alberta Refugee Effort), CSS (Catholic Social Services, Settlement ), Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery,

Red Deer Empathy to Action, and Carnival Cinemas.

Admission is FREE. Donations to the causes “Red Deer Empathy to Action” and “Water for Atar”, gratefully received.