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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Writer
Sylvia Johnson
Cinematography
Alex Levin
Art Designer
Austin Blasingame
Director
Sylvia Johnson
Editor
Alessandra Dobrin Khalsa
Assistant Editor
Erin Hudson Schalk
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