This Saturday, August 3, a solidarity cycle begins with the screening of the short documentary The Pretty Girl.The entrance fee is €2, which will be entirely donated to UNHCR, the UN agency for refugees.
This documentary tells the story of two girls who, at the age of 15, stopped being girls and became refugees in half an hour. The screening will be at the Casa da Cultura ‘Olga Novo’ at 8 pm.
On Saturday, August 24, another short documentary will be screened, The desert madman. This tells the story and project of Tateh Lehbib, a Saharawi refugee who built a shelter resistant to heat and sandstorms with plastic bottles. They started calling him ‘crazy’ but now he is an international reference.
The cost of this documentary (2€) is also in solidarity, entirely intended for UNHCR. In addition to these two documentaries, on Saturday 17th August the artist, photographer and human rights defender will be at the Casa da Cultura, Mohamed Said Hamdad. He will offer the talk and screening ‘Papeles mojados’, from his experience as an Amnesty International activist in Spain and Algeria, and intercultural mediator with SOS Racismo Galicia.
These events are part of a wide cultural offer this summer in A Pobra do Brollón. The complete calendar can be consulted here: https://www.concellodapobradobrollon.gal/gl/nova/verán-cultural-para-todos-os-públicos-na-pobra-do-brollón
