MOLLY & MOBARAK a documentary feature By Australian Filmmaker Tom Zubrycki
A gently moving film that reveals ordinary Australians' compassion EMPIRE magazine RELEASE DATES SYDNEY - From JAN 29 Exclusive season at Valhalla cinema,166 Glebe Point Road Glebe For info and bookings contact 02 9552 2456 MELBOURNE - From FEB 5 Exclusive season at Kino Dendy Cinemas, 45 Collins St, Melbourne For info and bookings contact 03 9650 2100- [EMAIL PROTECTED] BRISBANE - From FEB 5 Exclusive season at Schonell Cinemas, uni or Qld, Union Road, St Lucia For info and bookings contact 07 3377 2229 Molly & Mobarak is a feature documentary which takes you behind the headlines to Young, a small town in rural NSW where ordinary Australians share their community with 90 Afghan refugees working at the local Abattoir. One of them is 22 year old Mobarak who befriends a local family and falls in love with their daughter Molly =AD a high school teacher. Against the backdrop of Molly and Mobarak's burgeoning relationship a picture of the town emerges through characters such as Tony Hewson, the abattoir manager who recruited the refugees, and the unstoppable Anne Bell who organises social activities and English lessons for them. When Molly takes a trip to Europe Mobarak is heartbroken, though her mother Lyn treats him as another son. He suddenly leaves town, but when Molly returns, he also comes back to Young hoping the romance will be re-kindled. Meanwhile the Bali bombing and a heightened fear of terrorism causes a resurgence of racism in the town. Time is running out for Mobarak. His Temporary Protection Visa will soon expire and he is terrified of returning to his small village once people know he has adopted western ways. This is a timely and revealing documentary which clearly illustrates the human cost of the government's harsh and punitive policies on asylum seekers. An audience favourite at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane film festivals, the film was the only Australian documentary to be invited to the Toronto Film Festival and had sell-out 500 seater screenings and rousing applause at New York and Amsterdam festivals in December 2003. "Deportation or heartbreak? Sensitive, significant filmmaking." Sacha Molitorisz, Sydney Morning Herald Rating M Running Time 85 mins For further information pls contact sally steele national publicist hopscotch suite 101 4-14 buckingham st surry hills 2010 nsw australia ph 02 9319 0233 MOLLY & MOBARAK =AD January 29 An Australian Romeo & Juliet By Award Winning Filmmaker Tom Zubrycki -- Visit the proposed Leftlink web site at http://www.leftlink.net/ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
