Refuge(e)
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.
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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.
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- Release date
- Mar 14, 2019
- Runtime
- 0h 15m
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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