Roofless Realities

Our documentary follows the story of international students who struggle with housing problems and their mental health in the reality of moving across the globe to study in a new location.

We are going to put our focus on our interviewee (Manu Felipe) and based on his own stories and experiences regarding housing problems to strengthen the documentary. He will then talk about the struggle of looking for accommodations, moving, and unreasonable renting prices. Then, it will transfer to the mental health part, where the interviewee will share how his mental health is influenced by the skyrocketing renting prices as massive amounts of students come to Melbourne to study in the peak period. To find the solution, we will interview Jenna, the social worker from RUSU, to share her thoughts about her previous successful experience of helping international students. Our documentary will look at first-hand experiences with these struggles and explore how organizations and students are fighting to overcome these challenges in the aim of raising the awareness to international students, university administrators, and policy makers in Melbourne.

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