Chasing Asylum

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Chasing Asylum

2016,

1h 30m,

Documentary

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92%

12 Reviews

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73%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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12 Reviews

73%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

An exploration of Australia's controversial Pacific Solution policy as it relates to asylum seekers and refugees.

Luke Buckmaster

Guardian

May 26, 2016

4/5

Vital, evocative and gut-wrenching.

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

May 26, 2016

3.5/5

A powerful statement that demands wide circulation and debate.

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Richard Kuipers

Variety

May 26, 2016

The revealing and frequently heartbreaking documentary is bound to create shockwaves on home turf and should stir up plenty of interest elsewhere.

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Jorge Ignacio Castillo

The Canadian Crew

Jan 28, 2020

3/5

Chasing Asylum does a good job balancing the emotional component with data-fueled context.

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Joni Blyth

One Room With A View

Mar 13, 2019

4/5

Shocking and challenging, Chasing Asylum is not an easy watch - nor should it be. Hopefully this film will get the wide release it deserves, and prove a catalyst for change to a shameful system.

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Matthew Turner

VODzilla.co

Sep 5, 2017

8.5/10

An immensely powerful documentary that presents an urgent and timely argument for compassion in the way governments deal with refugees.

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Theodore S

May 6, 2017

It Is A Hard Slog To Watch, As It Digresses Into The Emotive Stories & Human Toll Of Ceasing The Global Trade In Human Trafficking, When There Is A Much Deeper Political Story At Play; That Being The Hearts & Minds Battle Of Maintaining Peace In A Globalised World, Where The Poor & Impoverish Have Less Say While The Bigger Cats (1st-World) Fight It Out Over Resources, Power & Capital Manipulation Or Military Might Within Countries. That Said, These Stories At Least Being Told Is Worth Every Minute Of Listening To. I Am At A Loss As To What The 'Best Outcome' Is For Us As A Planet, Treating Humans With Dignity, But Clearly People Cannot Live Amongst War (So There Are Those That Need To Flee) ..But Some Asylum Seekers Appeared To Have A Home To Go To, To Stay In Safely? But Chose To Leave For A "Better Life", Which Clearly Does Not Exist On A Tropical Island. The Modern Day Irony Of That Is Not Lost On Me Being A Western Watching Adverts On TV About "Escaping To A Tropical Island"; So All This Left Me Feeling Torn & Confused. No Answers There. But I'm Sure Some Whom Had Left A Reasonably Good Home Had 20:20 Vision Once They Were In The Hell That Is Manus Or Naru. :-/

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Eva Orner

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Lani Castan

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Steven Castan

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An exploration of Australia's controversial Pacific Solution policy as it relates to asylum seekers and refugees.

Director: Eva Orner
Producer: Eva Orner
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Australian English
Runtime: 1h 30m

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