D. Jolyon Hoff & Muzafar Ali | Feature Documentary | Australia | 2025

We Are Not Powerless tells the story of what happens when people refuse to give up on each other.

Ten years ago Muzafar Ali and his wife Nagina escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan. They found themselves living in Indonesia as refugees when Australia ‘stopped the boats’. Determined to do something, they started a small two room school, which soon became the hub of a community and the most successful refugee-led initiative in the world.

We Are Not Powerless tells the story of what can happen when a community refuses to give in and work together for hope, love, and education.

“Touching the nerve of human experience. A moving tribute to people who refused to become victims of circumstance. A must see!” Marion Rose Le

“Lifts the spirit; packed with positivity, potential, possibility, patience, hope, community, cooperation, love and friendship.”    Anne Hilton