Refugee Week

Platform 42, 5th July 2009

  • Kate Roma reports from the Norwich Puppet theatre where the Hocus Pocus Theatre Company put on a no strings Burlesque and caberet night last Saturday.
  • Sebastiana tells us about whats happening in Sebud Fest happening in Norwich this year.
  • Lydia Martin talks with Chenjerai Hove an acclaimed wirter and poet, when he was speaking at the launch of Refugee Week.
  • Kimberly Cuthbert Black performs her play that she has written and talks with Stash Kirkbride.
  • Kate Roma talks to Kate
    59:29 minutes (33.2 MB)

Refugee Week Interviews

Alison interviews Ian Cane a lawyer from Refugee Migrant Justice, an advocacy group for refugees. Find out more about their work at http://www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk

Also Victoria and Nick from the Refugee History Project talk about their work to highlight to contribution that refugees have made to Norwich's History


36:32 minutes (16.73 MB)

Refugee Week: Gervais and Gervelie, Community Chest 19th June

During Refugee Week Jasmine spoke to Gervais and Gervelie, two refugees in Norwich, about their experiences. First aired 19th June 09.


23:44 minutes (21.73 MB)

Platform 40, 21st June 2009

  • Tengeneza a refugee starts of by singing on the programme.
  • Kate Roma reports from the launch of Refugee Week where she hears about the "Shahrazad  Letters to Europe" and "Finding a Voice project".
  • Tony Cleary talks to historian, writer and keeper of archives at the Norfolk Record Office, Frank Meeres, about refugees of Norwich, mark on architecture.
  • Stash Kikrbride talks to organisers of Contempory Art Norwich.
  • Tony Cleary reports on whats happening
    59:58 minutes (34.94 MB)

Persepolis: an awesome visual spectacular, with heart, soul and political oomppfff.

As part of Refugee Week, Simone and Toby discussed "Persepolis"- an animated, Oscar-nominated, feature-length autobipgraphical film by Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian woman who was sent to Europe by her parents as a child, for fear her outspoken nature and strong political views would get her into trouble with the Iranian government. Cinema City screened it on Sunday 14th June also celebrating Refugee Week. Click to play
41:05 minutes (23.51 MB)
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