CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 0h 42m

The Island

Documentary

The Island is a short film shot entirely on Pulau Bidong, an island off the coast of Malaysia that became the largest and longest-operating refugee camp after the Vietnam War. The artist and his family were some of the 250,000 people who inhabited the tiny island between 1978 and 1991; it was once one of the most densely populated places in the world. After the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees shuttered the camp in 1991, Pulau Bidong became overgrown by jungle, filled with crumbling monuments and relics. The film takes place in a dystopian future in which the last man on earth - having escaped forced repatriation to Vietnam - finds a United Nations scientists who has washed ashore after teh world’s last nuclear battle. By weaving together footage from Bidong’s past with a narrative set in its future, Nguyen questions the individual’s relationship to history, trauma, nationhood, and displacement.

Directed byTuan Andrew Nguyen

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 42m
Language
EN
Released
March 17, 2017

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Phạm Anh Khoa

Phạm Anh Khoa

Donika Do Tinh

Creative team
Directed by
Tuan Andrew Nguyen
Tuan Andrew Nguyen

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