{"id":22173,"date":"2019-06-19T09:56:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T23:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=22173"},"modified":"2019-06-20T08:48:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T22:48:50","slug":"aussie-films-screen-for-refugee-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/aussie-films-screen-for-refugee-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie films screen for Refugee Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MERGER is an offbeat and uproarious Aussie movie about footy, life in the country and the power of communities to overcome small-mindedness while Hope Road is an Australian made documentary that follows South Sudanese Zacharia Machiek\u2019s walk from Brisbane to Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Both are screening at the Ballarat Welcome Film Festival as part of 2019 Refugee Week.<\/p>\n<p>The event, organised jointly by Centre for Multicultural Youth and Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council will include stories from local residents of their refugee journeys and experiences settling in Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>The Film Festival is at Barkly Square, 25-29 Barkly Street Ballarat on Friday, 21 June from 6pm to 9.30pm. 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