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
Joachim Horsley
Composer
Erin Hudson Schalk
Assistant Editor
Joachim Horsely
Original Music Composer
Benjamin Cheek
Graphic Designer
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
prison
escape
africa
refugee
new mexico
united states–mexico barrier
border crossing
detention camp
torture
human rights
student protest
mexican border
government corruption
woman director
protestors
prison brutality
immigrant experience
asylum seekers
guinea
west african
border control
refuge
democratic republic of the congo
central africa
human rights protest
short
street protest
refugees
documentary short
female filmmaker
violence
extremism
political violence