- Date(s)
- April 8, 2025
- Location
- QFT
- Time
- 14:15 - 15:30
- Price
- Free
Join us for the premiere screening of I want to be a... this International Romani Day to experience intimate, personalised and honest discussions of engagements, friendships, connections and struggles.
Through the voices and personal stories of several Romanian Roma school children and parents living in the Holyland area of Belfast, as well as the conversations they have with teachers, school principals and educational service providers, this short film introduces viewers to the educational aspirations, dreams and challenges of an often misunderstood, misrepresented and stigmatised minority.
By offering intimate, personalised and honest portrayals of engagements, friendships, connections and struggles among Roma students, their parents and their teachers, this film also urges viewers to reconsider widely held presumptions and stereotypes about the educational experiences of members of a minority youth in Northern Ireland.
To celebrate International Romani Day, Botanic Primary School Choir will perform in the QFT foyer from 2.15pm, prior to the film screening at 2.30pm.
Following the screening there will be a short Q&A with the film's directors, writers and main protagonists.
| Name | Dr Raluca Roman, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics & Co-Director of 'I want to be a...' |
| raluca.roman@qub.ac.uk | |
| Website | https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ/ |