Deep Blue Sea Film National Tour - OFFICIAL SCREENING

 Sunshine Coast Screening

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a film for everyone. Come along, and bring a friend who wouldn't normally watch a film about 'boat people'. 

This is the film that Tony and Julia don’t want you to see. That’s why Jessie Taylor and her team are taking the film on a National Road Trip to 30 major cities around Australia, before hosting a screening for our politicians at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 18th March 2013. And now, it’s coming to a city near you! 

WHAT: Come and join us on the Deep Blue Sea Film National Tour on the Sunshine Coast. 

• Watch a screening of the documentary Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 
• Engage in a Q&A with our guest speaker panel (guest speakers TBC) 
• Talk with representatives from organsiations who work with asylum seekers such as Amnesty International and Buddies Refugee Support Group - find out how you can help in your local community!  

Let’s have a public discussion about asylum seekers and Australia. 

WHEN: 7pm - 9pm, Thursday 7th March 2013

WHERE: Nambour Arthouse Cinema

REGISTER: To register for the event, in the Ticket Information box above select the quantity of each ticket type you would like to purchase. Click 'Order now' and follow the prompts to complete the transaction by VISA or Mastercard. 

This event also accepts payment at the event. This payment can only be made in cash. After selecting the quantity of tickets you require, click ‘Order now’ and select the ‘Pay at event’ option. If you choose to pay by cash please arrive 20 mins prior to screening to make your payment. Tickets not claimed 10 minutes before screening may be sold. 

Check out where else the film is showing: 

To check out the 30 cities we're going to on the Deep Blue Sea Film National Tour please visit: www.deepblueseafilm.com 

Synopsis:   

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a 52 minute documentary looking at the circumstances and decisions that lead someone to become a ‘boat person’.  

When she was 9, Zainab’s parents made the heartbreaking decision to leave their home in northern Afghanistan. They set out on a journey across the globe, putting the fate of their family in the hands of strangers. Across borders, behind bars and onto a smuggler’s boat – the family chased freedom. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea tells Zainab’s story, and the story of many others who have trodden the same path.

Jessie Taylor and Ali Reza Sadiqi travelled across Indonesia and met with 250 asylum seekers in jails, detention centres and hostels. Through candid interviews, hidden camera footage and in the words of asylum seekers themselves, the story of the ‘refugee’ is told. What pushes people to leave home? What do they leave behind? What do they fear? Why did they choose this path? And what does it take to turn someone into a ‘boat person’? 

Meet the human faces behind the most controversial issue of our time. 

Audience reviews: 

CLASSIFICATION: While the film does not contain explicit material parental guidance is advised. 

Where will the money go?  

This is a not for profit venture. Any money raised throughout the Deep Blue Sea Film National Tour whether through ticket sales, merchandise or otherwise will go back towards covering the cost of the National Tour. If there is any profit raised after the costs of the tour have been paid it will be directed to not for profit organisations that work with asylum seekers in Australia.

The Deep Blue Sea Film National Tour has been made possible thanks to the generous donations of 416 individual supporters to our crowdfunding campaign in October 2012: www.pozible.com/deepblueseafilm 

For more information: www.deepblueseafilm.com