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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Free Roaming Studios, New Day Films
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
Links
Top Cast
Alpha as Self
Zeferino as Self
Top Crew
Sylvia Johnson · Director, Writer
Joachim Horsely · Composer
Alessandra Dobrin Khalsa · Editor
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