A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
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Short filmTranscript
00:00 [MUSIC]
00:02 For you.
00:04 Alright lad.
00:06 How come they're getting all that stuff?
00:08 I've lost everything. I've left the war zone.
00:10 She's taking your photo there!
00:12 You better delete that photo!
00:14 They're just kids man, let them get in their house and get settled man.
00:17 I'm really sorry that happened.
00:19 Can I say I'm surprised for the other stuff that come out within the pub.
00:22 This has become a dumping ground lads.
00:24 We've been in this village all our lives.
00:28 And we're supposed to share it with that lot who don't even know them.
00:31 Thank you for your kindness when we arrived.
00:34 I really appreciate it.
00:36 My name is Yara by the way. What's yours?
00:39 Tommy Joe Ballantine.
00:41 Do you mind me asking?
00:44 Are you alright?
00:46 When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a photographer and travel the world.
00:51 If you've got a moment, you'll come back to the pub with me.
00:55 I wanted to show you the photographs in here.
00:58 The whole way of life, just gone forever.
01:02 When you eat together, you stick together.
01:05 My mother always said that.
01:08 Some of the locals are struggling too.
01:12 Everywhere's closed, even the school's gone.
01:15 We can't even look after our own.
01:17 Just gone from bad to worse isn't it?
01:21 Imagine if all the families mix and start to eat together.
01:25 If you eat together, you stick together.
01:28 God, what?
01:30 The village, the old oak.
01:35 We need this.
01:36 It's like a bloody refugee camp.
01:38 What's your moat called?
01:40 It's not charity.
01:44 This is solidarity.
01:46 This is about we do something together.
01:50 It takes strength to build something new.
01:53 It takes strength to build something beautiful.
01:57 Shukran.
02:03 Do you know what shukran means?
02:05 It means thank you.
02:06 Shukran.
02:07 Shukran.
02:08 (upbeat music)