an afternoon of film and discussion on asylum and
sexuality issues including the film “Unveiled” and a
short film on a local woman’s campaign and experience
of destitution.
The event will be a fundraiser for Leeds No Borders
and local campaigns. Films to start at 2.30pm followed
by discussions
Food and drinks will be on sale.
The CommonPlace
23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2
www.thecommonplace. org.uk

Unveiled tells the story of Fariba, persecuted in Iran
because of a lesbian relationship, she flees to
Germany but her application for asylum is rejected.
When her fellow inmate, a man named Siamak, commits
suicide, Fariba assumes his identity and is sent to a
refugee camp in a small German village. At first her
survival seems assured, but the strain of upholding
her male disguise in the cramped refugee quarters
means a single mistake could blow her cover - at great
personal peril. In order to pay for forged documents,
Fariba takes an illegal job in a sauerkraut factory,
where she is harassed about not wanting to shower with
the boys and about being Iranian. The only saving
grace is a German woman named Anne, to whom she grows
close - dangerously close - as Anne begins to suspect
Fariba's true identity.