Refuge(e) (2019)
15m
Running Time
March 14, 2019Release Date
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Alpha
Self
Zeferino
Self
Sylvia Johnson
Director / Writer
Alex Levin
Cinematography
Austin Blasingame
Art Designer
Alessandra Dobrin Khalsa
Editor
Erin Hudson Schalk
Assistant Editor
Joachim Horsely
Original Music Composer
Benjamin Cheek
Graphic Designer
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
woman director
refugee
asylum seekers
border control
prison
escape
torture
government corruption
africa
immigrant experience
human rights
west african
student protest
democratic republic of the congo
border crossing
detention camp
refuge
mexican border
new mexico
guinea
united states–mexico barrier
prison brutality
protestors
central africa
human rights protest
migrants
short
street protest
refugees
documentary short
female filmmaker
violence
extremism
award-winning
political violence