Screening of FROM REFUGEE TO IMMIGRANT

Pradarsh brought the plight of refugees to sharp focus by screening the documentary From Refugee to Immigrant: A Story of Three Kossovar Albanian Americans on Friday, 16th September, 2011. 

Narrated by Olympia Dukakis, From Refugee to Immigrant (2003) is an hour-long production that traces the lives of three refugees from Kosova who arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey in May 1999 following the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia to stop the ethnic cleansing of the Albanians. With footage captured in the US and on three trips to Kosova, including one immediately after the war when the three young men returned home to discover what fate had befallen their loved ones, the documentary examines the process of assimilation into American society in the aftermath of a national atrocity.

Screening of DELICIOUS PEACE GROWS IN A UGANDAN COFFEE BEAN

Pradarsh, the Audio-Visual Educational Club, tried to make the students of the Gautam Buddha University realise how communal harmony and religious amity benefits us by screening the award winning documentary, Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean, on Friday, 2nd September, 2011.

Living in the lingering wake of the Idi Amin regime of terror and intolerance, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Ugandan coffee farmers challenged historical and economic hurdles by forming “Delicious Peace” Cooperative. Their mission was to build harmonious relationships and economic development, and they are succeeding. Partnering with a Fair Trade US roaster, the farmers’ standard of living is improving, peace is flourishing, and their messages of peace and fair wages are spreading to their coffee customers in the US. For more information, visit: http://www.deliciouspeacethemovie.com/