Mencap: Oska Bright Film Festival 2024 – film reviews
Our community group of people with a learning disability took a look at four films which are being shown as part of the Oska Bright 2024 Film Festival. Watch these short films below.
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Supporting refugee and asylum seeking children
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Refugee Council: Refugee & asylum facts
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The Ultimate Guide To Films About Refugees [100+ Movies & Documentaries]
For thousands of years, displacement and migration have played an essential role in human history. No matter the reason for leaving one’s homeland, the experience of leaving behind everything familiar to journey towards a new, better life is a familiar story. It’s no wonder, then, that so many films have centered around these very themes.
Refugee and Migrant Centre: Refugee Week – Watch a film
During Refugee Week, some of the best films and stories around Refugees are being shown and shared. We have pulled together some of the best we have found so far.
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Refugee Voices in Film
Refugee Voices in Film is an initiative that joins forces with other humanitarian agencies to find ways in filmmaking to relieve and help the plight of refugees around the world.
Cinema For All – support and learning
Cinema For All is the national charity for the support and development of community cinema, helping more than 1600 community cinemas and film societies across the UK.
A history of LGBTQ+ representation in film
An article on stacker.com Depictions of queer and trans people have been present in the film medium since its inception more than 100 years ago, but due to censorship and varying degrees of prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community at different points in time, onscreen representation has a long, complicated, and often coded history.
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