THE OASIS documentary Schools Initiative

We are proud to support this initiative from our partners at The Caledonia Foundation.

ATOM and the partners behind THE OASIS documentary Schools Initiative - Shark Island Productions and The Caledonia Foundation - take pleasure in inviting teachers and lecturers to a presentation workshop about the next phase of THE OASIS Outreach and Education Campaign.

THE OASIS initiative is designed to assist teachers to develop the capacities and knowledge of young Australians to become concerned, committed citizens and leaders of the future in social policy.

Review and refresh some great ideas for Years 9-12 Civics and Citizenship, Media, Arts and English around the curriculum resource and the film.

THE OASIS documentary - short films: Where are they now? - Coming in 2012

THE OASIS School Curriculum Resource
- Presenter Bob Lewis, a curriculum resource developer and former history teacher with shortcuts and useful tips

The Oasis Homeless Short Film Competition - Patron Cate Blanchett
$25,000 prize money to be won, open to all secondary schools - closes 16 September
Students can extend their filmmaking skills AND learn more about homelessness.
- Presenter Bee Orsini, OASIS School Liaison Officer telling her story of surviving youth homelessness

6.00pm - 7.15pm, Tuesday 16 August
Venue: Cinema Nova, Melbourne

To book for this free event, please visit http://www.metromagazine.com.au.
Click on 'Screenings PD & Seminars'.

Synopsis for The Oasis documentary

A feature documentary about Australia's homeless youth
A Shark Island Productions film

Tough kids from tough backgrounds living dangerous lives - these are the young people from OASIS, a homeless youth refuge in inner-city Sydney. No story is too horrific, no circumstances too dire, no kid too damaged for its tireless director, Captain Paul Moulds. Father figure, counsellor, saviour, and an orphan himself, Paul is nothing short of a legend amongst those who stumble in at breaking point with nowhere left to go. Only Paul is there through all the chaos, from the birth of new babies to the funerals of those who self-destruct prematurely. This raw observational documentary, filmed over two years, charts the fraught lives of Paul's extended family, and captures his daily battle to save these children of the so-called 'Lucky Country'.

http://www.theoasismovie.com.au