Refugee Rights Day Documentary Screening: ‘The Hearing’
Date/Time
Thursday, April 4, 2024
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Toronto Refugee Rights Day 2024 Committee Presents:
L’Audience/The Hearing
(French-language with English subtitles)
Follow a refugee family’s asylum hearing before Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board.
- When:
Thursday April 4th, 6;00 to 8:30pm - Where:
The 519, Ballroom, 2nd Floor
519 Church St. Toronto, M4Y 2C9 - Schedule:
6:00pm: Doors open with Refreshments*
6:30pm: Film begins
8:00pm: Panel Discussion
- Admission: Free.
- Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible; ASL interpretation at the panel discussion.
- Religious accommodation: Prayer room is available.
- Refreshments: Iftar treats and finger food will be available.
- Donations will be graciously accepted to support African asylum-seekers in Toronto through:
- African Centre for Refugees in Ontario Canada
- Margaret’s Housing and Community Support Services
- You can also donate online by clicking on the organization names above.
About ‘The Hearing’
93 min.
Documentary
Québec, Canada, 2023
Directed by Émilie B. Guérette & Peggy Nkunga Ndona
Languages: French, Lingala
Synopsis: After crossing 11 countries irregularly to seek asylum in Canada, Peggy, Simon and their three children are waiting for the hearing that will determine whether they get refugee status or not. Having fled political repression in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the family tries to rebuild a peaceful life in Montreal, in spite of the constant threat of deportation. Between ghosts from the past, hopes for the future and a complex legal maze, the film delves into the struggle of the Nkunga Mbala family to remain in Canada. Offering unprecedented access to their hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board, the film unveils the opaque process of claiming asylum in Canada.