Refuge(e)
movie
Released March 14, 2019
Genres:
Overview
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.
Runtime
0h 15m
Origin Country
United States
Original Language
English
Original Title
Refuge(e)
Status
Released
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English
Production Companies
- no logo available
Free Roaming Studios
United States
- no logo available
New Day Films
United States
Keywords
- prison
- escape
- africa
- refugee
- new mexico
- usa–mexico border
- 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 film
- street protest
- refugees
- documentary short
- female filmmaker
- violence
- extremism
- political violence
