One Suburb, Thousand and One Stories preview

Over the past few months, I have been working closely with Relationships Australia Victoria's Family Relationship Centre in Sunshine compiling stories of locals living in the local Brimbank area for a project named One Suburb, Thousand and One Stories. 

Besides discovering a diversity in Sunshine and the western suburbs that I was oblivious to, I also learnt a lot about cultures and customs of people I rarely have a chance to meet. The resulting compilation is made up of 15 little interviews and introductions that give us a glimpse into the lives of parents from a diverse range of countries in Africa, the middle east and south Asia. They agreed to be filmed and shared a part of themselves with us, hoping to pass on a little bit of their heritage and culture to their children and for future generations and Australians to see.

It was a lovely thing to be a part of and it felt great to be part of something that gives the multicultural community a voice when so much of Australian media overlook these stories. This is a short introduction to the hour long video, which will be screened in full at the Visy Cares Hub in Sunshine Tuesday 15th July at 10.30AM!

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