- Sarah Gough
- Saturday, June 20, 2020
World Refugee Day is celebrated each year on June 20th, to commemorate the anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, which established specific criteria for what a refugee is and is not, as well as the rights and responsibilities of those seeking asylum, and of the nations providing that asylum.
Check out Kanopy for a wide range of films about the refugee experience, such as:
You Can't Ask That: Refugees
2017 | 29 mins
Refugees living in Australia respond to the awkward, inappropriate, or uncomfortable questions you've always wanted to know the answers to but never had the guts to ask.
Maine Girls: Teens Bridge Ethnic & Cultural Divides
2017 | 27 mins
Follows 13 immigrant and non-immigrant teenage girls as they learn what it takes - and what it means - to make genuine friendships with people who don't look or live the same way that they do.
Blue Collar and Buddha: Laotian Refugees in America
1987 | 57 mins
Explores Laotian refugees struggling against the mounting tension of a post-Vietnam era filled with guilt and anger, and their efforts to preserve their culture and religious heritage in a resolutely blue-collar American town.
Find out more about World Refugee Day and how you can celebrate the strength and courage of refugees worldwide, here.