CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 1h 30m

Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time

68%(4)IMDbDocumentary

An urgent and powerful documentary, shot in a detention centre where asylum seekers trying to reach Australian shores are indefinitely detained. Secretly shot on a mobile phone by Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani while detained on Manus, in Papua New Guinea, the film is a collaboration with Dutch-Iranian filmmaker Arash Kamali Sarvestani. Boochani recounts, via the testimonies of fellow inmates, the abuse and violence inflicted and the precarious state of limbo they find themselves in. Chauka, the name of the dreaded solitary confinement unit within the detention centre, was originally the name of a beautiful bird and symbol of the Manus Island. By interweaving dialogue with two Manusian men and shots of daily life on the island, the film gives a much-needed voice to Manus inhabitants, understandably distressed by the current situation. With marked restraint, the film exposes lives broken by shocking immigration policies.

Directed byBehrouz Boochani, Arash Kamali Sarvestani

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Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
EN
Released
June 16, 2017

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Behrouz Boochani

Behrouz Boochani

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Behrouz Boochani
Arash Kamali Sarvestani
Written by
Arash Kamali Sarvestani
Behrouz Boochani

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