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I am hoping this is a link to the 2007 Tropfest finalist film, Between the Flags, which was a very funny and insightful comment on the 2005 Cronulla riots where racism towards Arab-Australian reared its very ugly head. 

Can also view the film here.

The film was directed by Jayce White and features Dan Feuerrigel and
Matuse (who won a best actor award and is also a rap artist - more on him and his thoughts on the Cronulla riots).  What I really like about this is how it highlights how people (even people on opposite sides of an argument) tend to have a lot more common ground than they realise.  

As an aside, also worth watching this stunt from The Chaser done at around the same time which explains the significance of Matuse's Bulldogs jersey:

Bulldogs fans (a lot of whom are Arab-Australians) are always been stereotyped in the media as thugs and members of "ethnic gangs".  I thought the Chaser skit was quite a clever comment on that (although it caused a huge amount of controversy at the time - including from the media outlets who were responsible for a lot of the stereotyping).  Should say that we are also Bulldogs fans at the Emu household so also get annoyed at this kind of nonsense.  We also think Hazem El Masri, the Bulldogs star Arab-Australian player, is a legend!