Habibi Jammin'

Brian Rapsey writer, director, camera, & stills

Habibi Jammin' takes us beyond the headlines and into the lives of four young people from the Arabic community in the troubled Western Sydney suburb of Bankstown. NOMISe, Julie, Susan and Matuse are the most talented and articulate participants in the Jammin' in the Middle E drama project which promises to produce a television drama based on stories from their lives.

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Habibi Jammin' screens at the St Kilda Film Festival as one of 'Australia's top 100 short films' May 30 - June 4, 2006. Habibi Jammin' screened on SBS in February 2006. Funded by the NSW FTO, AFC & SBS. Habibi Jammin was produced by Virus Media>>

Sense of Home

Brian Rapsey writer, director, sound & editing

Sense of Home asks what is important for a migrant growing older in Australia? What does it mean to feel "at home," to have a sense of place?

This is an oral and visual history in which older migrants talk directly about their life experiences and how they have attempted to re-create a sense of home and identity in a new country.

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