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Refuge(e) (2019)
15 minDocumentary
Refuge(e) traces the incredible journey of two refugees, Alpha and Zeferino. Each fled violent threats to their lives in their home countries and presented themselves at the US border asking for political asylum, only to be incarcerated in a for-profit prison for months on end without having committed any crime. Thousands more like them can't tell their stories.
Country: United States
Director: Sylvia Johnson
Cast
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Alpha
Self
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Zeferino
Self
Keywords
Style:detention camp
Plot:escaperefugeeborder crossingtorturehuman rightsstudent protestmexican bordergovernment corruptionwoman directorprotestorsimmigrant experienceguineawest africanborder controlrefugedemocratic republic of the congohuman rights protestshort filmstreet protestrefugeesdocumentary shortfemale filmmakerviolenceextremismpolitical violence
Place:prisonafricanew mexicousa–mexico borderprison brutalityasylum seekerscentral africa
