Refguee Fundraising Film Afternoon

The Woodend Refugee Resettlement Group invites you to an afternoon of film, food and fun as we raise awareness and funds for supporting refugee families settling in our community.

The film we ware going to watch together is The Old Oak (rated M).

The Old Oak is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen on hard times. There is growing anger, resentment, and a lack of hope among the residents, but the pub and its proprietor TJ are a fond presence to their customers. When a group of Syrian refugees move into the floundering village, a decisive rift fueled by prejudices develops between the community and its newest inhabitants. The formation of an unexpected friendship between TJ and a young Syrian woman named Yara opens up new possibilities for the divided village in this deeply moving drama about loss, fear, and the difficulty of finding hope.