Refugee Week FREE Film Screening - The Swimmers
- Where
- The Summit Community Centre 4 Crescent Drive, Norton Summit SA 5136
- Tags
- Community, Adult, Free Event
- Cost
- Free
- Tickets
- Get your FREE tickets here.
Join us as we turn The Summit Community Centre into a pop up movie theatre. On Tuesday 20th June from 1:00pm, join us in the Community Room for a special screening of The Swimmers, a movie based on an incredible true story!
Storyline:
Sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini fled their home country of Syria in 2015 when their house was destroyed during the civil war. They journeyed to Lebanon and then onto Turkey where they arranged to be smuggled into Greece on a dinghy. However, the refugees were in the middle of the Aegean Sea when the engine of the overcrowded dinghy cut out and the pair, plus two others who could swim, were responsible for saving the lives of those on board. Just a year after their harrowing experience Yusra competed in two swimming events at the Rio Olympics as part of the Refugee Olympic team.
Enquiries to The Summit Community Centre on 83900475 or TheSummit@ahc.sa.gov.au