Reality Learning’s Virtual Reality documentary ‘Night Becomes Day’, on the experience of seeking asylum in Athens, was screened at the Ritz Cinema in Randwick, Sydney, alongside ‘My Rembetika Blues’.
This was a great opportunity for the audience to discuss avenues for deeper community engagement with displaced people, especially with children and families facing challenges of new and complex systems.
The audience was astonished by the number of displaced people in the world. In fact, since film production, this has increased with 1 in every 67 people worldwide being forced to flee their home, ie 123.2 million people (2024). Through Theo Bogeas, the film also highlights the work that occupational therapists undertake to alleviate the consequential trauma and social exclusion.
‘Night Becomes Day’ demonstrates how amplifying the voice of the lived experience through compelling storytelling and immersive communication technologies, can shift attitudes and stigma.
By integrating this VR film into multiple learning programs we have proven how one immersive experience can deliver many learning outcomes across multiple audiences. Judith Hewitson, Producer.
The film is a major training element in the professional development modules for peak body, the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, while also for primary and secondary students available through Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) with an accompanying study guide.
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