Culture Shock

Change Media worked with 15 new arrivals and young refugees as well as the Australian Refugee Association / Pt. Adelaide Council staff over 4 days, to train them in film narratives, interview techniques and digital media skills. They created a peer-produced, fun documentary DVD about their lives and the challenges of coming to Australia: Culture Shock!

After an involved debate about the many issues faced by young refugees, the team (comprising of 15 young people from Kongo, Sudan, Bhutan, Belarus, Tanzania and Burundi) decided to use a mix of fun and serious examples of situations they were faced with as new arrivals. The team also created the original soundtrack in Garageband and recorded most of the behind-the-scenes documentations.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• refugees
• change media
• empowerment
• tallstoreez
• social justice
• film making
• youth