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Midnight Traveler (2019)

Cellphone-filmed story of two filmmakers and their daughters who become refugees

Documentary

7.3

movie

Canada, Qatar
Arabic, Bulgarian, English
Discussion-sparking, Emotional
2019
Hassan Fazili
88 min

Synopsis

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In 2015, the Taliban put a price on the head of Hassan, a filmmaker, who was forced to flee Afghanistan with his wife and two young daughters. Using their camera phones, the fugitives show first-hand the many dangers refugees face when seeking asylum in a safe place.

Our Take

7.3
The Staff

Hassan Fazili and Nargis Fazili are two filmmakers who, faced with death threats, escape their home in Afghanistan and start a journey to Europe that millions of others have taken over the past few years. But unlike most others, the Fazilis filmed everything on their way.

The result is not only a portrayal of the dangers they go through but it’s also about less obvious and possibly more common aspects of the refugee experience. It’s about the wait in refugee centers (that can last many years), the anticipation and also what it means to do all of this with children. Because watch out for the little Fazilis, who travel with their parents, for they will steal your heart.

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