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June 15, 2007 Rising Up: the Alams screening at the IRC Baltimore for World Refugee Day 
Friday, June 15 On Wednesday, June 20, 2007, the International Rescue Committee celebrates World Refugee Day, established by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as an annual salute to the courage, resilience and strength of refugees. Jun 15 - "Voices of Refuge" Film Screening and Panel Discussion: The IRC and Por la Avenida will screen the documentaries "Rising Up: The Alams" and "On One Field: Patterson Park." IRC vice president of resettlement Bob Carey and Dr. Courtland Robinson of Johns Hopkins, which produced the controversial Iraqi death toll study, will co-host a panel discussion on refugees and displacement. There will also be traditional Iranian music and Burundian a capella performances, plus light fare and a cash bar. Rising Up: The Alams Documentary, 11 minutes, MiniDV director/DP: Konrad Aderer In this short documentary we meet the Alams, a Bangladeshi family living in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Mohammed Alam, father to two young U.S.-born daughters, is one of 13,000 immigrants facing deportation as a consequence of Special Registration, a post-9/11 policy which targeted nationals of Muslim countries. But the Alams are not just victims. Learn how they fight back as members of South Asian community organization D.R.U.M. (Desis Rising Up and Moving). Rising Up: The Alams was produced as part of the non-profit media project Life or Liberty, as part of Third World Newsreel's Call For Change series.
Posted by konrad on June 15, 2007 08:00 PM
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