World Refugee Day Film - Refuge
In honor of World Refugee Day, please join us for a viewing of the film Refuge.
This film is not rated. The film run time is 1 hour 17 minutes and will be streamed through Kanopy which offers Public Performance Rights.
This program is offered in partnership with the South Mountain Community College.
- Date:
- Friday, June 20, 2025
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Arizona Time (change)
- Location:
- Community Room L162-L163, South Mountain Community Library
- Audience:
- Adults Seniors Teens
- Categories:
- Arts, Culture, Literature and Exhibits
Chris Buckley is a father, veteran, and a former leader of the KKK living in rural Georgia. Following concern from his wife, Buckley receives help from an extremist group interventionist. Despite his renunciation of the KKK, Buckley retains a deep prejudice against Muslims, stemming largely from the 9/11 attacks and his experiences in the military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chris' long-held beliefs are challenged when Dr. Heval Kelli, a cardiologist and Kurdish refugee living in the resettlement community of Clarkston, Georgia, reaches out to him. Dr. Kelli believes that he must do what he can to quell the rising, hateful rhetoric of white nationalism that threatens his diverse community of refugees who have fled persecution and violence for a better life in America. He takes it upon himself to try to understand Chris and others like him. An unlikely relationship develops. Will Chris overcome his hate? Will Dr. Kelli find what he is seeking? What's possible when we are willing to face hate with humanity?