
Stop the Boats
Stop the Boats is the story of indefinite detention and torture told by asylum seekers including children from within offshore detention prisons on the remote islands of Nauru and Manus, where they are being held by the Australian Government because they arrived by boats and sought asylum in Australia. The horror inside the detention prison was secretly filmed and smuggled out from Nauru and Manus Island on USBs, few shots at a time. No media or journalists were allowed to visit the detention camps which operated in total media blackout and secrecy.
- Released
- 2018
Details
Release year: 2018
Storyline
Stop the Boats is the story of indefinite detention and torture told by asylum seekers including children from within offshore detention prisons on the remote islands of Nauru and Manus, where they are being held by the Australian Government because they arrived by boats and sought asylum in Australia. The horror inside the detention prison was secretly filmed and smuggled out from Nauru and Manus Island on USBs, few shots at a time. No media or journalists were allowed to visit the detention camps which operated in total media blackout and secrecy.
Top credits
- Kaylene Abolitis — Self
- Behrouz Boochani — Self
- Kerry Bower — Self
- Gayle Carr — Self