Brennan Justice Talk 2026 #5 Maritime Refugees: When the Water Horse Seeks a New Home

The lives and experiences of maritime refugees remain largely invisible in public discourse, reduced to statistics or crisis headlines. When the Water Horse seeks a New Home restores their voices and humanity. The documentary traces the human story of displacement, loss, and resilience behind Rohingya maritime crossings of the Andaman Sea, and imaginatively reconstructs pivotal experiences before and after their arrival, creating a space between testimony and creative storytelling.

This Justice Talk will involve an online screening of the 26 minute documentary, which we will watch together. After the film, Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter (UQ) will join us to explain the situation of Rohingya refugees; the process of making the film and his research on refugees who seek protection through travel by boat as part of the Maritime Refugee Lab project.