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Photography by Alex Robinson, EP - Jo McLeish Real refugee stories-the humans behind the headlines. Their journeys from Burundi and Pakistan, to Manchester. From kidnapping and stabbings to being held in isolation in detention centres, two really brave young people who were willing to share their stories for an innovative production for Theatre in the Quarter. Filmed with the support of City of Sanctuary charity for refugees in Manchester. |
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Telling Their Stories, Produced & Directed by Nadya Mahdi through Tuesday Films , screened at The Lowry, Salford,Manchester on Sep 3rd at 5.30pm 2015 to raise the profile and fundraise for the charity The Greater Manchester Home-Starts, the film will be be broadcast on The Community Channel on 3rd November 2015 at 20.45 Following the screening, Home-Start Manchester was made charity of the Year by Manchester's Arndale centre, giving a significant boost to the charity's profile in the city. Just Half a Cup,
Nadya Mahdi's personal film about her grandmother's emigration from Ireland:screened in Connemara, Ireland on Saturday 30th August 2014 together with Curlew Theatre Company's play "Emigration Road". "It felt like I was bringing nanna home at last..7 years after she died." The film was also selected for screening at the Islington Exhibits Film Festival 2014 and later used as part of a lecture for students from the University of California on the on the "After the Empire" London programme on May 27th 2014. The film provoked discussion on the mass emigration of the Irish to America over the course To view full length film click on the image below. |
 Connemara Community Radio's Mary Roe interviewed Nadya in
August 2014 about "Just Half a Cup" and her motivation for making
the documentary.
To listen to the interview, click on image above.
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