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We Are Not Powerless
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We Are Not Powerless tells the story of what can happen when a community refuses to give in, and instead works together for hope, love, and education.
In 2016, Muzafar Ali and his wife Nagina escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan. They found themselves living in Indonesia as refugees when Australia "stopped the boats." Determined to do something, they started a small two room school, the Cisarua Refugee Learning Centre, which soon became the hub of a community and the most successful refugee-led initiative in the world.
They started with a few notebooks and pens and against the advice of the UNHCR. Now, the students are obtaining school leaving certificates and entering universities around the world. Alumni from the school have spoken at the United Nations and become doctors, teachers and lawyers, and they are returning to support the schools in Indonesia where many went to school for the first time in their lives.
This powerful, emotional narrative, anchored by Muzafar and Nagina's love story, takes the audience inside the life of a refugee in a way that has never been captured before. Reflecting and comparing ten years of footage – over which time a student becomes a teacher, or a teacher becomes an international advocate – We Are Not Powerless illustrates how a small act of defiance grew around the world, became a beacon for other refugees, and proved that there are alternative solutions to the global migration crisis.
"Poignant, inspiring, and breathtaking! We Are Not Powerless offers a jarring glimpse into the range of injustices and traumas faced by refugees, alongside one family's journey that seeded transformative schools, particularly for women and girls. This must-see film leaves no doubt as to the potential of education to liberate and humanize, and in so doing, to threaten oppressive regimes as it help us all build towards a better and more just future." Kevin Kumashiro, Founder, Education Deans for Justice and Equity, Author, Surrendered: Why Progressives are Losing the Biggest Battles in Education
"A story of the huge potential in each and every asylum seeker. It delves deep into stories of those determined individuals who kept moving despite being stuck in Indonesia." Elias Karimi, President, Hazara Association of Queensland
"This film challenges us not to forget and does not allow us to understand refugees primarily as victims. Afghanistan can disappear from the headlines, while refugees can become numbers. This film restores people, relationships, aspirations, and agency to those abstractions. It demonstrates what becomes possible when people organize, educate one another, and create spaces of dignity even when they have very little control over the larger political forces determining their lives. It is moving, disturbing, and ultimately inspiring. This is a documentary worth watching and a story worth remembering." Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts
"Powerful and inspiring." Constantine Osuchukwu, Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School
"This film showcases the story of Hazara refugees in Indonesia who work to create community in the face of uncertainty. While not sugar coating the many difficulties that face refugees the film demonstrates the impact of individuals who dedicate their time to the education of refugee children and the power of community to foster dreams and self-worth. The film particularly highlights the role of women and girls as change makers while also acknowledging the many obstacles they face." Maia Hallward, Professor of Middle East Politics, Director, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University, Co-author, Gaza: The Dream and the Nightmare
"Deeply touched my heart. It reflects the struggles of the Hazara community and refugees, but also their hope, courage, and determination to build a better future." River Ahmad, First Afghan woman to climb Mount Everest
"Ensure all high school students have the opportunity to see this incredibly positive story - empathy levels will rise!" Cathy Bray, Grandmothers for Refugees Sydney and Surrounds
"An eye opening and inspiring documentary on the struggles, yet the incredible resilience, of Hazara refugees." SABA Hazara Group
"This documentary offers a rare and intimate look into how refugees from Afghanistan escaping Taliban repression demonstrate resilience and resourcefulness in the hope for renewal. Even in the depths of desperation and sense of abandonment, the refugee experience instills an immense strength - one where people never lose their humanity and altruism, reminding us that education is a fundamental human right and leaving behind one's homeland is rarely ever a choice. Refugees enrich their adopted countries." Bahar Jalali, Assistant Teaching Professor of History, Loyola University Maryland
"This moving film dispels notions of the voiceless and vulnerable refugee by showing their resourcefulness in advocating for the rights and dignity of those living in exile. It is a film about the true cost of war, the people displaced from their homeland, and their attempts to maintain connections to their culture and communities as they disperse to different parts of the world." Faedah Totah, Associate Professor of International Studies, Virginia Commonwealth
"Real people. Real stories. Real resilience. This film offers a deeply human look at leaving hardship behind and finding strength through community. At its heart is a family and a community who came together to build a school for refugees because they believed education is a human right and that school can be a place to find your voice. Their story reminds us that fear doesn't have to divide us, and meaningful change can begin with one idea and a community willing to act. These are the stories we need to keep sharing - in our classrooms, our communities, and everywhere." Kevin D. Cordi, Associate Professor of Education & Literacy, Ohio University Lancaster, Founder & Director, Voices Across the World Storytelling Project
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[SOMBRE AMBIENT MUSIC]
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We are lucky we
came to Australia.
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We are safe.
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We had on the way the very
traumatic experience behind us.
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That whole
experience changed us.
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I left everything behind.
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It's like you leave a piece of
yourself and then you move forward.
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[TRADITIONAL AFGHAN MUSIC]
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I was a photographer.
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I know what I was
thinking when I took these photos.
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This is my Afghanistan.
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A new Afghanistan full of hope.
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As a Hazara
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living with generational fear of persecution.
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That you could be killed any time
just because of your face.
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Now we want to make
this place safe for everyone.
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Everything was getting
more and more exciting.
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[LOUD SINGING]
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You're just happy because
you're happy you're there.
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You kind of explore what does it
mean to be a woman in your own society,
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what it means to be
socially independent.
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I worked for the
UN for seven years.
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The communities would
ask for school buildings
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because they
didn't have schools.
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[CAMERA SHUTTER]
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This is a school in Afghanistan,
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they knew that education is a
way to get out of the situation.
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Taliban didn't allow the
girls to get education,
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but the girls were studying now.
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That was a golden window,
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2005 when I was taking pictures and
working with the UN
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till 2012.
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[HAZARAGI]
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[MUSIC FADES]
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We could travel in a lot of areas
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where later on they
became Taliban territory.
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[SOMBRE MUSIC]
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They came back.
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You can see their
influence is growing.
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They're killing, they're merciless.
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You could see death
dancing around you,
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and you could be
the next to be the victim.
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Every time I had to
travel with Muzafar,
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I was terrified.
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It was getting towards sunset
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when we were stopped.
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In that moment, I couldn't
speak, I couldn't move,
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because when they called
out Muzafar to come outside
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I was like, okay, that's the end of us.
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Muzafar: If they know
that I worked for the UN
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that's enough for them
to kill me right on the spot.
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I made up this story, and I didn't
expect that will work.
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I said my daughter is sick,
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I'm taking her to the doctor.
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And that one
sentence saved my life.
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Nagina: After that, I told him,
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how long are we going to
carry on this fear that
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today is going to
be the last day?
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Muzafar: When the Taliban stopped us,
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when we became
refugees in Indonesia,
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they were the toughest
decisions we took in our life.
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[LOUD DRUMMING]
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What really
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surprised me to see that
in the middle of this place
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in Indonesia, you see Hazaras.
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you see refugees,
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you see
people from Afghanistan.
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You know when I saw oh yeah,
he's a Hazara. I can say hi, salam.
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He would turn his face
the other side,
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and then I would say,
why he would ignore me?
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[TENSE MUSIC]
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Nagina: The risk of trusting
people,
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especially where we come from,
going through all those
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you know circumstances
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wars and conflict.
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It's so hard to trust anyone,
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especially if you
don't know them.
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Everybody was trying to figure
out how to live their life as refugees.
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Muzafar: We lived in a small one-room
house for a long time.
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Eight people.
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A lot of refugees in Indonesia,
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but no communication,
no community.
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And I told myself,
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what would you do now
that you are stuck in Indonesia?
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Don't think you are Muzafar
who worked for the UN.
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I sent letters to UNHCR. They said,
oh, we take every case by merit.
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You are just one number for us, and
we have fourteen thousand of you here.
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You cannot work.
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We don't have legal status.
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Cannot have bank account.
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And we know that we
can never be resettled here.
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This is the UNHCR gate in Jakarta.
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UNHCR put a message
for refugees on that gate,
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in one A4 paper. It's very simple
few lines in different languages.
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What does it mean?
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UNHCR had no clear guideline.
What we can do, what we cannot.
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What is organised activity?
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Having an association?
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Having meetings? Socialising?
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Having sports together?
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It could be everything.
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If they could be accused of being
involved in unauthorised activity,
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that would damage their case.
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They could be deported, or
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they will get a rejection letter.
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We were mostly at home.
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We would just go and hide, and
we did not know what is the fact.
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what is rumour,
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what is wrong, and what is right.
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[CHICKENS CLUCKING]
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My school was demolished
because of bomb blast,
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a lot of people died.
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One hundred twenty-six people.
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I didn't have any other
choice than to escape.
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Filmmaker: How did you get here?
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I came here by smugglers.
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Filmmaker: How old were you?
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I was seventeen.
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Filmmaker: You have some
friends in Australia.
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Yeah, I have a lot of friends.
They are very supportive.
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Filmmaker: They're trying to help you?
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Yeah, they are trying.
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But it is Tony Abbott who
decides what will happen.
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The message is getting out
loud and clear
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to the people smugglers
and their would be customers
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that the way is shut.
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The way is shut.
You shall not pass.
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Muzafar: There were leaflets,
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posters, pamphlets,
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social media advertisements.
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There was Mr. Angus
Campbell appearing on our
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YouTube, on our Facebook
every time we used.
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The rules apply to everyone,
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families, children,
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unaccompanied children,
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educated and skilled.
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There are no exceptions.
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Muzafar: Refugees, we
get stuck in this triangle.
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For the smugglers,
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they're considered money.
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For the UNHCR,
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they're mostly numbers.
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and for the Australian
government a threat.
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No one thinks about who
are they escaping from.
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Like our family from the Taliban.
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From the targeted killing.
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Nagina: What Australia did
with the borders,
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or what was happening.
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I was just trying to survive.
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You know I was desperate,
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either to live my life or to give up.
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Mentally and emotionally,
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I was not stable.
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[EXCITED CHATTER & LAUGHTER]
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Muzafar: One day,
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four of us chipped in
500 thousand rupiah.
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which is 50 dollars.
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We rented this sound system,
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two big speakers,
and a microphone.
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[SINGING IN HAZARAGI]
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We organised an organised event.
[LAUGHS]
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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[GREETINGS IN HAZARAGI]
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[APPLAUSE & CHEERS]
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[LAUGHTER]
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[LAUGHTER & APPLAUSE]
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[LOUD PARTY MUSIC & CLAPPING]
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[WHISTLES]
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[MUSIC STOPS]
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They were small
steps, first steps,
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to take the fear out
of the community.
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Yeah, we can get together,
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we can dance, we can sing.
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And then there is some message like
yeah, we can live as a community.
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They needed that.
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To break that taboo,
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that they cannot
meet, they cannot say hi.
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But I show you
another thing to observe.
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What do you miss?
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Filmmaker: Women.
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Women, yeah.
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And see where where are they?
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The women are sitting right
the other side of this place.
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Nagina: Everything was new.
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Now we are in a country,
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in a new country.
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We don't know the language,
we don't know the system.
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Sometimes
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you just need something
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to wake you up.
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Nagina: Where we were living, there were
so many refugee families living around us
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with so many kids just
in our neighborhood.
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And Muzafar would say,
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It would have been better
if they went to school instead
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of just wandering around
in the street,
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not knowing what to do.
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We approached male refugee teachers.
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We want to have a school.
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You are a teacher.
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Can you come and teach our kids?
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They would always say that what
if immigration department arrest me?
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For teaching in this school.
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I said
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just think about the
other side of the mirror.
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What if immigration department comes
and appreciates what you are doing?
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You are being a useful citizen.
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a useful person,
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and you are a teacher.
Education is not a crime.
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They wouldn't think from
that perspective,
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and I don't blame them,
because UNHCR had no clear guidelines.
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So they were afraid.
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They asked from us,
why you are doing this?
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How you will do this?
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Who will teach?
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Because teaching is
forbidden by UNHCR.
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[UPBEAT TRADITIONAL AFGHAN MUSIC]
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The first day when Muzafar asked,
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Will you be able to teach the
neighbourhood kids if we
were to have a school?
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I was nervous.
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I had no experience
in teaching in a school.
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But if I can be useful,
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I will do it. I will commit to it.
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At that point, it was just an idea.
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Tahira: I came to know from my friend
that they are going to open a school,
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a community school.
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I said it's very good. I also
want to teach here
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and I also want to
bring my children here.
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Muzafar: All of a sudden,
we got seven teachers.
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And all of them were females.
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Nagina: I didn't know where to start
from. I didn't know what to teach.
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Muzafar: So we found that building
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just up the street on the left side.
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An abandoned villa with five rooms.
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It belonged to the tribal chief.
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It's called RT, village elder.
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We had Australian friends in
Jakarta, Jolyon and Caroline.
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They were ready to help us.
00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:08.319
Because they had the Australian
passports and legal documents.
00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:12.039
They came and
signed on our behalf.
00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:20.920
[HOPEFUL MUSIC]
00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.880
[DOOR SQUEAKS LOUDLY]
00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:26.319
Muzafar: It was a guest house,
00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:28.759
there were a lot of mess all around
00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:31.599
in those five rooms.
It was not cleaned for ages.
00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:42.359
Nagina: The wives would encourage
the males in the community,
00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:46.880
your child will go to that school,
so you should go and contribute.
00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.519
Whatever you can.
00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.640
Muzafar: All the parents came.
00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:56.880
There were carpenters, there
were construction workers,
00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:59.559
tilers, there were plumbers.
00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:28.559
Today we woke up at
five in the morning and
00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:31.920
we came to Bazaar to
collect some rubber mats.
00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:35.440
We are going to use it
under the carpet,
00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:38.319
so we hope it will be comfortable
for our kids.
00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:50.680
No matter if the community is
00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:53.920
very vulnerable or very weak,
00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.720
but still they can do something
00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.759
for their children.
00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.759
And that was
00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:01.359
one moment that I
believe that by team work,
00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:05.519
sincerity, and commitment,
00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.759
Big things can happen.
00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:13.640
But the best thing was the women.
00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:15.480
They were in charge.
00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:20.440
[KIDS SHOUT EXCITEDLY]
00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:28.000
[HOPEFUL MUSIC CRESCENDOS]
00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:37.480
[CLASSROOM CHATTER]
00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:44.759
Very good, tree? (Student: Ship!)
Very good, ship.
00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:47.519
Apple? (Student: Tree!) Tree.
00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:51.960
Muzafar: When we started this school,
00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:55.480
we identified some very serious problems,
00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:58.440
like the students
came from Iran, from
00:24:58.440 --> 00:25:01.839
Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan.
00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:06.920
All of them studied in different
curriculum schools or different systems.
00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:09.680
It was really tricky.
00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:13.160
We had to encounter a lot of
complaints from the parents.
00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:17.440
They were saying our
kid is very intelligent.
00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:21.160
You should promote him to the
next class or the bigger class
00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:24.480
while the bigger class was full, and
we had to argue all the time.
00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:52.559
[RECITING HAZARAGI ALPHABET]
00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:14.839
Nagina: Those kids – they all
came from, you know,
00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:17.359
a place where they would
hear the bombs
00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:21.920
killing, you know,
persecution every day.
00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.559
Muzafar: It's like suicide attacks.
00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:28.079
It's targeted killing.
It's roadside bomb.
00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:30.039
It's kidnapping.
00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:35.319
Trauma, fear, scars.
00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:41.839
Nagina: They knew this is
their only opportunity.
00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:46.519
It's the only school
amongst refugees.
00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:49.039
It was the only place of
hope for them.
00:26:56.319 --> 00:27:02.319
I want to learn English
and mathematics.
00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:04.200
Sciences.
00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:06.319
Muzafar: You speak very good English.
00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:08.039
Thanks.
00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:10.599
Muzafar: So what do you
want to be in future?
00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:15.160
Future? Maybe a doctor.
00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.200
Muzafar: A doctor?
00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.119
Yeah.
00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.319
Muzafar: Okay, thank you very much.
00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:36.279
I gave you an assignment yeah?
00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.160
Have you done it?
00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.440
[Students] Yes.
00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.480
Easy or difficult?
00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.599
[Students] Easy! Difficult!
00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:44.480
I feel very proud,
00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:46.279
the knowledge that I am having,
00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.799
the experience that I have.
00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:51.680
I want I want to share it.
I want to give it to the others.
00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:01.680
We are opening up these stuffs
that we have brought up for our school.
00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:06.759
Now these are the markers, they are
the playdoughs, they are the colour papers.
00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:09.279
We are just working out for all
of these things.
00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:15.519
And I thought that it would be
difficult for me to teach,
00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:19.519
but now I'm quite happy with my job.
00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:27.359
In Afghanistan, I had
the interest to draw.
00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:32.079
And then when I came here,
I was working on my art work.
00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.920
And Muzafar he said that,
00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:38.160
yeah, you have the ability
to be a teacher.
00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:41.400
And then he chose
me to be a teacher.
00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:46.559
I am teaching arts in the Cisarua
Refugee Learning Center.
00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:59.079
Filmmaker: Did you ever think that
you'd want to be a teacher?
00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:02.480
Nagina: Teaching was the last thing I
ever wanted to do in my entire life.
00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:06.000
It was never an
option to be a teacher.
00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:08.359
Never, never.
00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:13.319
I said I would do anything
in the world but not teaching.
00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:16.200
That changed,
00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:19.319
my whole perspective changed.
00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:22.720
Filmmaker: When did it change?
Was there a moment?
00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:27.960
I think it was right after...
when we started the first football,
00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.400
female football.
00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:33.759
[LIVELY TRADITIONAL MUSIC]
00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:40.640
That was the first time I
experienced pure freedom and joy.
00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:43.200
Self-discovery about my self.
00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:55.400
And today we are going to play
00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.319
teachers and students
versus each other.
00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:59.079
Only female.
00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.519
In each player, in each team we
have nine players.
00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:06.079
From Black Beauties, Miss Nagina
is the captain
00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:09.119
and from Eagles I am the captain.
00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:11.119
Filmmaker: Is it going to be
a tough match?
00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:13.960
Of course it's going to be
a tough match!
00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:16.000
That's because last match,
we won the match.
00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:17.160
[LAUGHTER]
00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:29.720
Nagina: Everything was
like going smoothly.
00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.720
School, go back home,
00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:33.519
parents would come and
do the cleaning,
00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:36.400
and all of a
sudden we have a conflict.
00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:39.599
The females are playing soccer.
00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:46.160
That kind of created a big
conflict among the parents.
00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:48.480
And they said, Oh, we're not
going to let our daughters come and play.
00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:52.079
I said, Well, you're more than
welcome to decide whatever you want to
00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:54.839
whether you're going
to allow your daughters to play or not,
00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:57.000
but we are having soccer teams.
00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:10.359
We ended up having five soccer teams,
00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:12.440
but to get to that point,
00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:14.599
we kind of had to resist every week.
00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:17.079
Okay, that's fine – you're not going to
send your daughter.
00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.680
That's completely understandable.
00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.759
But just remember – telling the daughters,
00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:22.279
it's always open.
00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:25.160
If you want to come in,
convince your parents,
00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:27.440
you're more than
welcome to come and join.
00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:30.599
And it eventually did happen.
00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.920
[Everyone] One, two, three...
00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:34.920
Black Beauties!
00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:13.759
Muzafar: There was an
international school in Jakarta.
00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:21.720
They were having International Week
to celebrate diversity of their students.
00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:24.960
We told them about our school,
00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:27.839
and they asked us to
come and perform.
00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:37.680
[POP MUSIC]
00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:47.119
Nagina: The kids were very excited.
00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:54.559
None of them had ever been
to an international school.
00:32:57.200 --> 00:33:01.039
They were so keen to meet other
students from other parts of the world.
00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:06.920
[UPBEAT MUSIC & CLAPPING]
00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:13.319
Muzafar: It was an opportunity for us,
how we can show ourselves.
00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:18.160
Whether we choose to
show that we are hopeless,
00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.559
we are suffering,
00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:26.160
or we could show a positive picture
of our country and our people.
00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:30.519
[STICKS CLACK]
00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:33.960
Nagina: I think that was the first
time for them experiencing
00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:36.440
that sense of celebration that
00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:42.680
even if we're refugees we can
still celebrate our cultural heritage.
00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:49.240
[MEDITATIVE MUSIC]
00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:52.839
This is my country, Afghanistan,
00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:54.599
A mountainous country,
00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:58.759
everywhere mountains,
a sea of mountains.
00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:01.359
All crowned with snow.
00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:06.359
It is the land of Hazaras.
00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:09.559
[TRADITIONAL HAZARA MUSIC]
00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:18.639
[STICKS CLACK TO MUSIC]
00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:23.880
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:58.119
Are you wanted by the police?
00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:01.679
Taliban!
00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:12.559
Muzafar: We thought that we
are forgotten people,
00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:14.559
but when we visited that school,
00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:19.000
they were laughing with us.
They were sharing meal with us,
00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:20.840
and they were talking with us,
00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:24.920
and we thought that yeah,
we are also human beings.
00:35:56.039 --> 00:36:00.960
[TALKING IN HAZARAGI]
00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:20.000
[CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC]
00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:44.000
Muzafar: I think the worst nightmare was when
our friends got killed in Afghanistan.
00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:46.760
Our friends got killed in Pakistan.
00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:51.039
You feel the pain
of being powerless.
00:36:55.719 --> 00:37:00.119
[STUDENTS PLAYING]
00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:04.440
Nagina: The school wasn't only
a place for education,
00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:08.400
but it was a place of dignity.
00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:10.480
A place of self worth.
00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.840
It was a place of identity.
00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:16.000
We shared our sorrows.
00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:17.920
We shared our happiness.
00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:25.159
It was a place where we
could come and feel safe.
00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:04.440
Filmmaker: I heard you got
some good news.
00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.920
Yeah, he just told me.
00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:07.199
Should I go?
00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:08.239
No, stay here with me.
00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:27.639
Muzafar: That was an utterly
bitter-sweet experience.
00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:34.480
Leaving that community
was very hard.
00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:39.480
You just started to have that strong
connection with that community.
00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:42.039
You know every single person.
00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:47.000
You know every single child.
00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:52.960
Khadim: I'm very happy for him that
00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:55.039
he has a place now to call home.
00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:59.760
He said today is the first
time that I'm going to my home.
00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:18.280
Muzafar: The day we left, everyone
was saying goodbye.
00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:21.039
Few of them in front, and
some of them at the back.
00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:26.840
I could feel that
sense of separation.
00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:29.760
When everyone is waving,
00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:31.760
and you are waving from this side.
00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:36.639
And knowing that this line
is preventing us from re-uniting.
00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:40.159
That invisible line.
00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:41.840
You here watching them.
00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:45.800
They know they can't cross that line.
00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:48.159
Because only I have the visa.
00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:53.000
Muzafar: That's the last border
00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:56.119
between chance and opportunity,
00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:57.320
and limbo.
00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:02.000
Nagina: It was so painful to watch
00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:06.519
Every one of them.
00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:10.239
Even though some of
them had this strong face.
00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:12.800
But deep down,
00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:15.480
those feelings,
you can't hide them.
00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:23.000
I knew it in my head, but
to experience that so deeply.
00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:26.920
It's traumatising.
00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:38.400
[SHOUTS OF GOODBYE]
00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:44.119
Khadim: It all depends on others.
00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:47.559
Refugees' life, refugees'
future depends on others.
00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:50.320
You can't do anything,
you don't have a choice.
00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:55.639
He has a safe place now.
00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:58.360
He is going to Australia.
00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:00.000
There is no Taliban,
00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:03.840
there is no target killers to kill him.
00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:06.440
But there is challenge.
00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:11.320
The challenges still remain.
00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:15.960
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.519
[GASPS]
00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.199
Really?
00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.599
Yes!
00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.719
Oh my god!
00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.960
How are you Jolyon?
00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:31.960
How are you Caroline?
00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:39.639
[SOBS]
00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:24.079
[SHOUT OF JOY]
00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:26.159
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.519
Muzafar.
00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.880
Nagina.
00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:30.000
[LAUGHS]
00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:33.559
Filmmaker: Tell me about how you met
Muzafar in Afghanistan.
00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:35.519
Nagina: He came to our house
with my dad,
00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:38.679
and I was outside.
00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:41.760
He saw me,
00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:43.840
and he was like, hmm.
00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:49.239
He looked like a decent guy.
00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:53.239
He looked handsome. He
looked very presentable.
00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:18.199
I felt like it was a new beginning,
00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:21.880
and I was happy that I'm
starting this beginning with Muzafar.
00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:51.239
Ever since we got married,
I would always
00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:57.800
discuss and talk to him that I wanted
to pursue my education.
00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:04.960
And then all of a sudden, you
have to leave behind everything.
00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:12.079
Then in Indonesia,
00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:14.440
it was more about survival.
00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:17.960
This beautiful community,
00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:20.760
where we all rely on each other.
00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:26.920
But as soon as we got
that visa to Australia...
00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:30.360
for me it was overwhelming.
00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:34.760
We have to start from
zero and from scratch.
00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:53.599
Filmmaker: What was it like
when Sughra arrived?
00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:59.320
I would say that Sughra is
such a special child.
00:44:59.360 --> 00:45:02.800
Not just for Muzafar and I,
but for Natiqa.
00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:09.599
I feel like she was that band-aid
that was patching on our wounds.
00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:14.840
The power of having a small
child in the house,
00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:17.920
because that child connects everyone.
00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:19.920
Salam!
00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:30.679
We all got so attached and
came so close because of Sughra.
00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:38.320
Sometimes you feel like that sense
of love that you've missed in your life
00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:41.440
was coming out of Sughra.
00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:49.400
[SINGS] Happy birthday to you!
00:45:56.119 --> 00:46:00.800
Muzafar: I felt so relieved that
you know we are legal.
00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:04.360
We cannot be deported,
we cannot be detained.
00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:11.679
But I'm not going to forget
my community in Indonesia.
00:46:14.519 --> 00:46:20.000
[UPBEAT AFGHAN DRUMMING]
00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:29.079
[MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY]
00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:33.679
In my life, it's a
big achievement
00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:35.599
that I have met you guys.
00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:41.159
Before I was thinking,
00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:46.440
women are only for working at home
and sitting at home,
00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:49.800
but you have teached me, no.
00:47:49.840 --> 00:47:52.400
Women are equal.
00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:54.840
You have changed my mind.
00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:57.920
Now I can say that
00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:01.320
being a woman is not a crime.
00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:04.639
Thank you, Miss Farahnaz,
you're a great artist.
00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:08.920
You have that potential.
00:48:12.239 --> 00:48:16.519
I am a son of a mother
who was exchanged.
00:48:18.400 --> 00:48:21.960
My mother was thirteen years
old when she got married,
00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:26.039
and it was not a normal marriage.
00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:28.880
They exchanged my mother.
00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:33.599
And she had her first birth
when she was 15.
00:48:34.280 --> 00:48:35.960
I have sister,
00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:38.280
those who are uneducated.
00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:41.079
My whole family they were uneducated.
00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:49.599
There should not be any uneducated
woman who marry when she is 13.
00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:55.000
Our future children,
00:48:55.039 --> 00:48:58.480
they should know what our
mothers go through.
00:48:58.920 --> 00:49:01.400
Why we left our country.
00:49:03.159 --> 00:49:06.559
[BIRDSONG]
00:49:30.760 --> 00:49:35.119
Muzafar: They approached Khalil, who was
the manager of the school at this time.
00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:38.280
I was in Australia.
00:49:38.280 --> 00:49:40.280
I wish I had better news.
00:49:40.360 --> 00:49:43.679
Muzafar: The message was forget
about resettlement.
00:49:43.679 --> 00:49:46.719
I know you all want to have
a better future,
00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:49.920
and I think all of you think that
means resettlement.
00:49:49.920 --> 00:49:53.360
But unforuntately resettlement
is not going to happen for everyone.
00:49:54.559 --> 00:49:59.679
Muzafar: The number of resettlement
or refugees is so tiny,
00:49:59.719 --> 00:50:03.519
that it will take twenty-five years,
mathematically,
00:50:03.559 --> 00:50:06.400
that you will get your
chance to get resettled.
00:50:09.599 --> 00:50:13.840
We had parents who fainted that day.
00:50:15.239 --> 00:50:19.559
Kalil, he was dealing with these
parents on daily basis,
00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:24.840
about their issues, their children, their
mental health, and everything.
00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:28.639
And this guy who is coming from
that beautiful office,
00:50:28.760 --> 00:50:30.800
from Jakarta for one day or for one hour,
00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:33.719
to deliver that message that you
cannot be resettled.
00:50:33.719 --> 00:50:36.519
They changed the whole
dynamic of our community.
00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:45.239
If this guy with the mic from
the UNHCR office,
00:50:45.280 --> 00:50:47.800
he live in Cisarua for a week,
00:50:47.840 --> 00:50:49.519
he stay with refugees,
00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:51.079
he will change his mind.
00:50:51.119 --> 00:50:54.159
But who's gonna spend one
week with refugees?
00:50:59.000 --> 00:51:03.119
Khalil: Five years I am here as a
recognised refugee with UNHCR.
00:51:03.159 --> 00:51:06.760
UNHCR has not even
tried to send my file to any country.
00:51:09.199 --> 00:51:13.159
So, sometimes I doubt
myself that...
00:51:13.159 --> 00:51:16.920
I'm just punishing myself.
00:51:21.760 --> 00:51:25.119
Muzafar: Some of the parents
came and told us,
00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:28.760
maybe education is taking away
our vulnerability criteria.
00:51:28.760 --> 00:51:32.559
Because if our children are
getting education in these schools,
00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:36.159
we are ticking a box
that we are not vulnerable.
00:51:39.039 --> 00:51:42.599
These parents took their
kids away from the school.
00:51:43.679 --> 00:51:45.760
But we have firm belief
00:51:45.760 --> 00:51:48.480
that education is a right.
00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:51.559
It has nothing to do
with your vulnerability,
00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:53.800
and we keep telling our teachers,
00:51:53.840 --> 00:51:56.119
please be strong.
00:51:56.119 --> 00:51:59.239
Keep believing that you
are doing something good.
00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:03.840
[TENSE MUSIC]
00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:27.480
They thought vulnerability
means looking desperate,
00:52:27.519 --> 00:52:31.280
without a house, without a home,
00:52:31.320 --> 00:52:34.000
living on the street.
00:52:35.239 --> 00:52:36.800
They lived there for months,
00:52:36.840 --> 00:52:39.760
and the children
were away from the schools.
00:52:45.320 --> 00:52:47.239
Young girl: When I came in here,
00:52:47.280 --> 00:52:50.360
I was so much crying two, three days.
00:52:50.400 --> 00:52:54.039
I was crying and say to my
father, why I came in here?
00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:56.480
Just crying for my school.
00:52:56.519 --> 00:52:59.840
I had friends, I go to football
00:52:59.880 --> 00:53:02.199
and I was learning so much.
00:53:02.239 --> 00:53:04.400
Yeah, it was fun.
00:53:04.440 --> 00:53:07.400
The teachers was good,
it was amazing.
00:53:10.920 --> 00:53:15.119
The people, like Australian
people, some Indonesian people.
00:53:15.159 --> 00:53:16.920
When they came in here,
00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:20.639
I just asked them, can you
please bring for me books?
00:53:25.840 --> 00:53:29.480
Muzafar: UNHCR cannot solve
their problem.
00:53:29.519 --> 00:53:31.920
We kept the schools running.
00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:34.800
We knew that they would come back.
00:53:34.840 --> 00:53:37.039
And they came back in Cisarua.
00:54:04.280 --> 00:54:08.440
[HAZARAGI]
00:54:11.159 --> 00:54:13.840
I have a lot of plans,
00:54:13.880 --> 00:54:16.159
and I might change them,
but I might not.
00:54:16.159 --> 00:54:18.280
I really want to be an astronaut,
00:54:18.320 --> 00:54:20.840
so for that I have to be a pilot.
00:54:24.119 --> 00:54:26.760
Filmmaker: What is it about being
an astronaut that you like?
00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:31.039
So you can go out of this
world and in a different world,
00:54:31.079 --> 00:54:33.800
see different things,
experience new things.
00:54:33.840 --> 00:54:36.559
Like where there is
nothing that can disturb you.
00:54:36.559 --> 00:54:40.599
You're in a place
that's really quiet and calm.
00:54:40.599 --> 00:54:43.519
That's why.
00:54:43.559 --> 00:54:45.920
I want to go to the FBI.
00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:49.119
I want to become a FBI police officer.
00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:52.400
Go to college and continue my
studying as much as I can.
00:54:52.440 --> 00:54:56.760
I feel lazy now.
00:54:56.800 --> 00:55:00.119
I improved my art skills,
00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:03.760
and I have improved my English.
00:55:03.760 --> 00:55:07.719
We have some word vocabulary games,
00:55:07.760 --> 00:55:10.960
so we learn most of stuff from each other.
00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:15.559
Like when we know something, we
tell it to each other, so we both learn it.
00:55:25.519 --> 00:55:28.599
Filmmaker: When are you
guys the happiest?
00:55:28.639 --> 00:55:31.239
Whenever we're together.
00:55:31.280 --> 00:55:35.599
Most of the time in school
because school is our second life.
00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:37.800
Like it could be our second home.
00:55:37.840 --> 00:55:40.679
Because everyone gathers around,
00:55:40.719 --> 00:55:42.400
we play, it's fun.
00:55:42.440 --> 00:55:44.760
We don't have a
bad time in school.
00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:46.719
Never.
00:55:47.599 --> 00:55:50.840
Filmmaker: In Australia, people
don't like to go to school,
00:55:50.840 --> 00:55:53.159
is that crazy to you?
00:55:53.199 --> 00:55:54.480
A bit.
00:55:54.519 --> 00:55:58.760
Well it might be their style because
they don't have a life like us.
00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:01.000
They're way different than us.
00:56:10.639 --> 00:56:13.039
Mostly, it's good to be here,
00:56:13.079 --> 00:56:15.239
and it's good to be alive.
00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:20.039
There is really bad things
going on in Afghanistan.
00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:24.039
Last week, there
was a bomb blast,
00:56:24.079 --> 00:56:29.280
and so many people died and so
many people got injured because of that.
00:56:29.280 --> 00:56:32.119
So it's grateful to be here and
00:56:32.159 --> 00:56:35.920
really good to be alive and live.
00:56:35.920 --> 00:56:40.760
[SOMBRE MUSIC]
00:56:41.840 --> 00:56:45.360
There was a lot of bomb blasts
in schools.
00:56:45.400 --> 00:56:48.000
Next to schools they used to poison girls,
00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:50.920
they used to throw acid on their faces,
00:56:50.920 --> 00:56:54.039
and it was horrible.
00:56:56.840 --> 00:57:00.039
They killed lots of students.
00:57:00.039 --> 00:57:03.039
We saw lots of boys coming
full of the blood,
00:57:03.079 --> 00:57:07.000
and they were injured all over.
00:57:08.880 --> 00:57:11.800
Hundreds of people just dead there.
00:57:11.800 --> 00:57:17.400
Maybe fifty percent of them was,
only about twelve or thirteen.
00:57:21.760 --> 00:57:23.920
Even though how much you grow up,
00:57:23.920 --> 00:57:26.400
how much you try to keep
yourself positive,
00:57:26.440 --> 00:57:27.719
how much you are happy.
00:57:27.760 --> 00:57:30.840
That fear is still inside of you,
00:57:30.880 --> 00:57:32.840
and it's eating you up.
00:57:34.320 --> 00:57:37.519
When you even think a second about it,
00:57:37.559 --> 00:57:39.639
it makes you sad.
00:57:58.679 --> 00:58:02.679
The Taliban, they warned Hazara people,
00:58:02.679 --> 00:58:06.599
stop education, stop learning.
00:58:06.599 --> 00:58:11.559
Me and my brother were English teachers.
00:58:11.599 --> 00:58:14.840
They don't like to... especially English.
00:58:14.880 --> 00:58:16.679
They don't like English.
00:58:18.320 --> 00:58:25.199
The reason that I left Afghanistan is
that the Taliban kidnapped my mother.
00:58:25.199 --> 00:58:29.800
We were not at home and
they kidnapped my mother.
00:58:31.920 --> 00:58:35.800
My uncle said, you
have to save your life.
00:58:35.840 --> 00:58:37.880
Save your siblings.
00:58:43.519 --> 00:58:45.639
When I was in Afghanistan,
00:58:45.639 --> 00:58:48.800
I really hated being a woman.
00:58:50.000 --> 00:58:53.519
In my country whatever men decide,
00:58:53.519 --> 00:58:57.599
the lady have to do it.
The woman, they have to do it.
00:58:57.599 --> 00:59:02.239
And that is like playing with a doll.
00:59:02.239 --> 00:59:05.039
They don't give value for the women.
00:59:05.079 --> 00:59:10.000
They don't think that
women are human beings.
00:59:11.199 --> 00:59:13.320
And what really hurts,
00:59:13.360 --> 00:59:17.239
you can't decide your own
partner for the future,
00:59:17.280 --> 00:59:19.639
for the rest of your life.
00:59:20.039 --> 00:59:24.360
Whatever your family decide,
you have to accept that.
00:59:24.400 --> 00:59:28.679
But here, I won't let
anyone to do that to me.
00:59:32.440 --> 00:59:36.239
Here the opportunities are like,
00:59:36.239 --> 00:59:41.920
you can't like really stand,
but you can move.
00:59:41.920 --> 00:59:45.079
You can't run, but you can walk.
00:59:45.679 --> 00:59:49.360
But whenever I'm resettled,
00:59:49.400 --> 00:59:52.320
I'm going to run for it.
00:59:52.360 --> 00:59:57.440
I'm not going to walk,
I'm going to run for it.
00:59:57.440 --> 01:00:08.000
[DANCE MUSIC]
01:01:02.079 --> 01:01:04.039
Hi! We are back.
01:01:04.039 --> 01:01:09.119
And this evening we have
a big match with a school called HLC.
01:01:38.960 --> 01:01:42.000
And what colour should we
do the anniversary, Amir?
01:01:42.039 --> 01:01:44.840
Yellow, green, blue, red,
01:01:44.840 --> 01:01:47.679
and again, yellow, green, blue, red.
01:02:09.760 --> 01:02:12.000
Filmmaker: Do you have hope
for the future?
01:02:12.039 --> 01:02:14.239
Of course, I have.
01:02:14.280 --> 01:02:16.039
I have lots of hope,
01:02:16.079 --> 01:02:21.719
and the biggest hope
is finding my mother.
01:02:21.760 --> 01:02:24.360
And also for myself,
01:02:24.400 --> 01:02:29.400
It's my hope to be a
professional journalist.
01:02:30.239 --> 01:02:33.639
I want to be a reporter.
01:02:38.199 --> 01:02:42.000
Hi, I'm Khatera, Cisarua reporting.
01:02:42.000 --> 01:02:48.440
and we have a special day,
our anniversary at CRLC.
01:02:48.440 --> 01:02:52.079
We have lots of program,
I hope you enjoy.
01:02:53.039 --> 01:02:57.880
[UPBEAT HAZARAGI SONG]
01:03:10.039 --> 01:03:19.440
[SINGING IN HAZARAGI]
01:03:20.679 --> 01:03:26.920
We have raised about $17,200.
01:03:29.719 --> 01:03:33.000
I'm so excited to paint all of them,
01:03:33.000 --> 01:03:34.760
help us to paint it.
01:03:38.079 --> 01:03:40.039
Hands up, everyone.
01:03:40.280 --> 01:03:46.519
[BEATBOXING]
01:03:48.239 --> 01:03:51.199
[DRINKING SOUNDS]
01:03:52.679 --> 01:03:56.159
[APPLAUSE]
01:04:12.760 --> 01:04:16.519
I've learned being confident.
01:04:16.559 --> 01:04:21.679
You have to fight for your right,
nobody is going to give you.
01:04:21.679 --> 01:04:23.920
You have to take it.
01:04:23.960 --> 01:04:27.360
You have to be strong enough to take it.
01:04:27.599 --> 01:04:33.719
[GENTLE PIANO]
01:05:18.320 --> 01:05:24.880
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
01:05:31.679 --> 01:05:37.519
[SHOUTING]
01:05:38.679 --> 01:05:44.440
[GUNFIRE]
01:05:59.400 --> 01:06:03.920
[PHONE RINGING]
01:06:07.079 --> 01:06:10.280
Muzafar: So Taliban are raiding
their homes.
01:06:10.320 --> 01:06:15.000
Now they have gathered all
this information and details of the villagers.
01:06:15.039 --> 01:06:20.159
Those who had worked with the Americans.
01:06:20.199 --> 01:06:23.480
I don't know what will happen next.
01:06:23.920 --> 01:06:26.320
[PHONE RINGS]
01:06:43.159 --> 01:06:48.519
This is the UN office,
it's under Taliban control now.
01:06:48.559 --> 01:06:51.639
This is a birthday celebration.
01:06:53.639 --> 01:06:57.880
Karbalai said there was a
torture going on the other night.
01:06:59.239 --> 01:07:03.960
They brought someone and they
were torturing till late night,
01:07:04.000 --> 01:07:09.000
because his home is very
very near from this office.
01:07:09.000 --> 01:07:13.960
So they could hear the screaming
and the torture and the cries.
01:07:21.719 --> 01:07:24.440
Sometimes I do get emotional.
01:07:25.599 --> 01:07:28.960
If I cry this side,
what can I do for them?
01:07:31.280 --> 01:07:34.960
I need to be strong
when I talk to them.
01:07:36.320 --> 01:07:39.639
It's like being in the middle
of an explosion,
01:07:39.679 --> 01:07:41.480
where everywhere there are dead bodies.
01:07:41.519 --> 01:07:46.880
You cry, scream,
or you just try to do something.
01:07:49.159 --> 01:07:54.880
When I get time, when I am alone
01:07:54.920 --> 01:07:58.079
I do cry, I do my crying.
01:08:01.519 --> 01:08:05.280
[CAMERA SHUTTER]
01:08:06.519 --> 01:08:10.719
I took these photos when it
was peaceful in Afghanistan.
01:08:12.400 --> 01:08:14.400
And they're all students.
01:08:15.320 --> 01:08:21.239
I'm pretty sure the girls at least
are not under these trees anymore.
01:08:23.000 --> 01:08:26.119
I want to go there.
01:08:26.159 --> 01:08:28.000
It's a guilt.
01:08:29.199 --> 01:08:35.640
I want to take this responsibility
myself to go there.
01:08:35.680 --> 01:08:38.920
See how these girls are doing.
01:08:40.000 --> 01:08:44.000
Because this is the
time to tell their stories.
01:08:57.039 --> 01:08:59.359
Do you know I am going to Afghanistan?
01:09:26.560 --> 01:09:29.159
Nagina: I had so many questions.
01:09:30.239 --> 01:09:33.520
I thought about why
we're here in first place.
01:09:33.520 --> 01:09:36.479
It's to escape that place,
01:09:36.520 --> 01:09:40.600
and now he's here telling
me that he wants to go back.
01:09:45.760 --> 01:09:49.920
Even though he never
had my consent to go to Afghanistan,
01:09:49.960 --> 01:09:53.720
I respected his decision.
01:10:21.279 --> 01:10:23.560
Muzafar: It's terrible.
01:10:23.560 --> 01:10:25.720
It's a dead city.
01:10:27.520 --> 01:10:29.399
No music.
01:10:30.239 --> 01:10:33.479
You see a lot of Taliban
and they're everywhere.
01:10:35.439 --> 01:10:40.079
All those killers and murderers
and perpetrators,
01:10:40.079 --> 01:10:42.920
they're actually walking on the streets.
01:10:46.039 --> 01:10:48.880
America sold us to the Taliban.
01:10:48.920 --> 01:10:53.640
America gave Taliban weekly stipend,
forty million dollars.
01:10:53.680 --> 01:10:55.800
Just to run the country.
01:10:57.760 --> 01:10:59.920
If there is no fight in Afghanistan,
01:10:59.960 --> 01:11:03.199
Taliban proudly say they brought
peace in Afghanistan.
01:11:03.239 --> 01:11:05.640
I say that's not peace.
01:11:16.239 --> 01:11:19.079
Taliban are targeting education.
01:11:20.279 --> 01:11:25.239
The girls' schools and the
high schools were closed.
01:11:25.239 --> 01:11:29.840
They don't allow women to
get education beyond grade six.
01:11:29.880 --> 01:11:33.319
Because education is the
biggest threat for the Taliban.
01:11:35.079 --> 01:11:40.199
It gives an alternative
way for the people to think.
01:11:44.159 --> 01:11:48.319
This is all Hazara populated area,
west of Kabul.
01:11:52.560 --> 01:11:57.279
These girls are studying now,
but hiding.
01:11:57.279 --> 01:12:00.680
Go to the underground schools.
01:12:03.039 --> 01:12:05.479
Every school have evacuation plan.
01:12:05.520 --> 01:12:10.039
Every school has a
small door or a window,
01:12:10.079 --> 01:12:14.159
in case of any emergency or
any Taliban raids.
01:12:17.199 --> 01:12:18.720
They are very scared,
01:12:18.760 --> 01:12:20.680
but they still come.
01:12:20.680 --> 01:12:23.279
[APPLAUSE]
01:12:55.079 --> 01:12:58.039
When I was there in grade seven,
01:12:58.079 --> 01:13:02.520
I was thinking of my daughter,
who was in grade seven last year.
01:13:02.520 --> 01:13:07.319
Natiqa would be sitting somewhere here,
if I was in Afghanistan.
01:13:23.119 --> 01:13:29.479
One of the girls from grade seven
gave me a gift of handmade wool shoes.
01:13:30.600 --> 01:13:33.760
And asked, what can you do?
01:13:33.760 --> 01:13:35.840
And I told her, I will see.
01:13:35.840 --> 01:13:39.439
I cannot promise anything,
but I will do whatever I can.
01:13:53.000 --> 01:13:55.079
When I wake up in the morning,
01:13:55.079 --> 01:13:58.159
I just think this
is a nightmare.
01:13:58.199 --> 01:14:01.800
That I see the Taliban in Kabul City,
01:14:01.800 --> 01:14:04.359
patrolling in our streets.
01:14:05.199 --> 01:14:09.039
Thank you very much, very, very much.
01:14:09.079 --> 01:14:12.640
Almost everyone
forgot about Afghanistan.
01:14:12.640 --> 01:14:19.720
The only country in the world where women
has no access to high school education.
01:14:26.800 --> 01:14:35.399
[EXCITED CHATTER]
01:14:50.039 --> 01:14:54.720
Muzafar: That was the first time I
saw Nagina that happy.
01:14:55.039 --> 01:15:00.199
Maybe when I got married, I was imagining
she would wear that hat one day.
01:15:00.680 --> 01:15:05.680
But with that grace, with those
achievements you've done,
01:15:07.399 --> 01:15:10.039
I was feeling so proud of you.
01:15:11.199 --> 01:15:15.279
Filmmaker: Do you feel happy,
proud, excited?
01:15:16.520 --> 01:15:19.039
Triumphant.
01:15:23.640 --> 01:15:28.720
[HOPEFUL PIANO]
01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:33.079
Muzafar: I was so incredibly happy.
01:15:33.119 --> 01:15:35.560
She did it.
01:15:35.600 --> 01:15:40.479
Our culture, our legal status,
our journey,
01:15:40.479 --> 01:15:41.600
our country of origin.
01:15:42.600 --> 01:15:45.159
Everything is against her.
01:15:46.399 --> 01:15:51.279
And yesterday all those things
went through my mind.
01:15:51.920 --> 01:15:54.560
I said, you deserve it.
01:15:55.439 --> 01:16:00.079
You deserve it because
you went through all those situations,
01:16:00.119 --> 01:16:02.880
where you just could give up.
01:16:19.640 --> 01:16:22.359
Nagina: So because this year's
theme is peace,
01:16:22.399 --> 01:16:26.159
and especially because of the things
that are happening around the world.
01:16:26.840 --> 01:16:33.079
We have to be conscious of what peace
actually means to different people.
01:16:34.680 --> 01:16:38.439
I remember my first day
of teaching in Indonesia.
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I was so nervous, so scared.
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I didn't have the courage to even write on the
whiteboard, because my hands were shaking.
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Teaching's something that I come to love
once I started volunteering at CRLC.
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That one year of teaching in
Cisarua Refugee Learning Centre
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was one of the best times of my life.
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I don't think anything would
ever replace that experience.
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For very long time,
01:17:36.560 --> 01:17:38.359
while I was in Australia.
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I've missed the whole community,
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the school, my friends.
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If you come from
that country as a refugee,
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you can't go back until you're
actually a citizen of Australia.
01:17:56.159 --> 01:18:00.039
For Muzafar, it took five years to
become a citizen.
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For me, it took nine years.
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Nagina: Black Beauties!
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[CHEERING]
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[LAUGHTER]
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[STEADY DRUM RHYTHM]
01:19:56.319 --> 01:20:00.640
Muzafar: Women has been the most
important part of this whole school.
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I'm really sorry for men, right?
01:20:04.800 --> 01:20:09.279
We asked men's support in 2014,
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they said no,
we cannot be teachers.
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Women stepped up.
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I keep telling this,
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so you should be proud as being women.
01:20:18.600 --> 01:20:22.079
You are much braver
than we think, as men.
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Our school is going
to be ten years old.
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This big artwork is going
to be displayed, okay?
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In the tenth anniversary
of the school.
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And you guys are here to
help and support me, right?
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Right?
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[Students] Yes
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Okay, any question?
01:20:47.239 --> 01:20:50.760
So what should
we do if it's wrong?
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Farahnaz: Guys, in art is there
any rules we follow?
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[Student] No.
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You don't have to be able to
draw beautiful face, beautiful eye.
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You can draw anything.
01:21:04.800 --> 01:21:06.520
It can be anything.
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[UPBEAT TRADITIONAL MUSIC]
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Muzafar: We get that big banner.
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It's a celebration of ten years.
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We thought art is the
best form to express it.
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The main idea behind all our initiatives
is to get every single person involved.
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All these small pieces of art will
become one big banner that will represent us.
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Maybe for years to come.
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Our main logo is going to be here,
01:21:56.800 --> 01:21:59.399
we have some writing this side
and that side.
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We're making the logo, school logo.
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You always need a very dark
area for the projector to work,
01:22:12.279 --> 01:22:16.520
but we are doing it
outside in a very open area.
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Filmmaker: Do you think they're
going to work it out?
01:22:19.600 --> 01:22:21.439
Jolyon, we made this school!
01:22:21.479 --> 01:22:23.520
We succeeded, of course!
01:22:23.560 --> 01:22:25.600
This is nothing.
01:22:27.920 --> 01:22:34.239
Muzafar: This logo was created
by this shy young boy Fardeen.
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I think he was 11 or 12 years old.
01:22:38.239 --> 01:22:44.760
So the logo he created with
pencil is now here on our banner.
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This big massive banner.
01:23:00.319 --> 01:23:04.720
Hopefully one day I will go to another country
and there will be another manager.
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And the same like Sir Khalil,
who is the previous manager
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I will be the
previous manager one day.
01:23:11.840 --> 01:23:14.359
The guys are doing amazing,
01:23:14.399 --> 01:23:17.680
and I want to just take part in that.
01:23:19.319 --> 01:23:24.399
Every time we switch to a new team,
the new team is stronger.
01:23:26.560 --> 01:23:32.279
It's bittersweet feelings that
I have when I arrived here.
01:23:32.319 --> 01:23:37.640
Happy to see the familiar faces,
but sad to see they are still here.
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But I hope one day everybody will leave
here and get their resettlement.
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[TRADITIONAL MUSIC SLOWLY BUILDS]
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[APPLAUSE & CHEERS]
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Farahnaz: We're proving to the world that
there is no rules on how human beings should live.
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We didn't go against the rules,
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but we created our our own path,
our own way.
01:25:05.439 --> 01:25:08.840
How to survive, how to grow,
01:25:08.880 --> 01:25:13.840
how to help each other,
how to be strong,
01:25:14.439 --> 01:25:16.800
how to fight together.
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That's why we're here today.
01:25:45.319 --> 01:25:48.920
Nagina: This graduation is
not just any graduation.
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It's a lifetime graduation.
01:25:50.960 --> 01:25:53.960
It's our first graduation.
01:25:55.159 --> 01:25:57.960
Nagina: A school is that sacred place.
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Where you come to that sacred place, you
take something and then you share it.
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That's what school does, that's what
education does, that's what teaching does.
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[APPLAUSE & CHEERS]
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[CHEERING]
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[MUSIC SWELLS]
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Nagina: Coming from Indonesia,
back to Australia.
01:26:47.000 --> 01:26:51.159
When I looked at every single
one of the teachers that were there,
01:26:51.199 --> 01:26:55.439
my heart was shattered into pieces.
01:26:55.479 --> 01:27:00.039
Thinking how many times did
you guys do this?
01:27:00.760 --> 01:27:03.359
How can you be so patient?
01:27:03.359 --> 01:27:08.239
I can't even imagine how
strong each one of you are.
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I kept reflecting back on how
much power that invisible line holds.
01:27:14.039 --> 01:27:19.079
[SOMBRE MUSIC]
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Muzafar: That time when we left,
01:27:24.079 --> 01:27:27.119
and Farahnaz was crying.
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Our line was at the gate of the school.
01:27:40.600 --> 01:27:43.600
Now they go to the airport.
01:27:46.960 --> 01:27:51.079
Nagina: I was crying and telling them,
how did you guys do this?
01:27:51.119 --> 01:27:55.880
How did you say goodbye to
so many people?
01:27:55.880 --> 01:28:02.560
Most of them have been to the
airport ten times, fifteen times.
01:28:05.000 --> 01:28:10.840
When someone leaves you behind
and goes and resettles to another country,
01:28:10.840 --> 01:28:16.359
it takes a few days to
come back to your own reality.
01:28:16.359 --> 01:28:21.159
It's like you die and
then you have to be reborn again.
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And I think that experience
exhausts everybody.
01:28:31.119 --> 01:28:34.279
Farahnaz: I love Indonesia so much.
01:28:35.680 --> 01:28:40.760
But still, I know this is not
going to be home for me.
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Filmmaker: How long have
you been here now?
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Over ten years.
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My ten years were stolen.
01:28:52.479 --> 01:28:56.479
And what I did,
not to feel that guilty,
01:28:56.479 --> 01:28:59.880
or bad about those stolen years.
01:28:59.880 --> 01:29:03.239
I pushed so hard.
01:29:03.239 --> 01:29:06.680
I put a lot of effort.
01:29:06.680 --> 01:29:10.479
To feel a little
bit good inside.
01:29:10.520 --> 01:29:13.560
To feel a little bit human.
01:29:20.279 --> 01:29:24.399
You're creating
opportunity for yourself.
01:29:24.439 --> 01:29:28.199
You're doing a lot,
but it's still not enough.
01:29:28.239 --> 01:29:33.000
Because I Farahnaz
can do more than this.
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I, Farahnaz, can give this
world more than this.
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If given the opportunity.
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You know sometimes,
nights are too long.
01:29:56.600 --> 01:30:02.479
One night to survive here
is so difficult.
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But ten years I have survived.
01:30:07.640 --> 01:30:11.680
I have experienced a lot of long nights.
01:30:11.720 --> 01:30:15.920
And I waited for the sunrise,
01:30:15.960 --> 01:30:19.760
so I could go to sleep.
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[UPBEAT TRADITIONAL DRUMS]
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And thank you for the
opportunity to address you today.
Distributor: Bullfrog Films
Length: 94 minutes
Date: 2025
Genre: Expository
Language: English / English subtitles
Grade: 7-12, College, Adults
Closed Captioning: Available
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