Migrant Stories: Building Inclusive Communities
Migrant Stories launch at Borderlines Film Festival 2nd April 2008
Migrant Stories, a series of two-minute digital shorts made by The Rural Media Company will be screened at the Borderlines Film Festival in Hereford on Wednesday 2nd April at 6.15pm (www.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk) These short films have been produced as part of the action research work being undertaken under the Carnegie UK Trust' Rural Action Research Programme (RARP) theme Building Inclusive Rural Communities.
In these shorts, workers, friends and employers tell their own stories. In their own words. The Lithuanians who opened a village shop and the Russian who's saving for a BMW; the Polish teacher coping with loneliness and the couple who carried the hokey-cokey to the snowy wastes of the Ukraine. The purpose of Migrant Stories is to explore new ways of building understanding and social cohesion between migrant and host communities in Herefordshire. For those that cannot attend the screenings, the Rural Media Company will be producing a DVD which will be available to purchase through their website (www.ruralmedia.co.uk).
Funded by Carnegie UK Trust's Rural Action Research Programme and produced by The Rural Media Company in Herefordshire, Migrant Stories will be disseminated nationally. It is hoped that Migrant Stories will provide a toolkit for other communities who want to use digital storytelling to build their understanding of the rapidly diversifying countryside, strengthen community cohesion, and deepen consultative processes.The Migrant Stories DVD, complete with a film about the making of Migrant Stories, will be launched at a special event at Borderlines Film Festival, The Courtyard, Hereford on Wednesday 2nd April at 6.15 p.m.
Tickets cost £3.00 and can be booked with The Courtyard Box Office on 0870 1122330 or online at www.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk/migrant_stories.shtml
For further information contact: info@ruralmedia.co.uk
last updated: 10-03-2008 16:28