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Paul Collis, Jen Crawford, Wayne Knight, Story Ground Collective
Barkindji Country & Ngemba Country: Gundabooka, Toorale Station, Bourke, Brewarrina
A Derryman and a Syrian asylum seeker spend a day working on a bog with a complicated journey across the Irish border.
Watch the conversation with Paul Moore and filmmaker Ara Devine.
Paul Moore talks with filmmaker Ara Devine about the subjects within and the process behind the making of his award-winning short film ‘TURF’ – exploring the experience of life on the border in Ireland and the brief encounter between one man who lives there and a displaced Syrian refugee.
Watch TURF – A Short Film by Ara Devine.
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