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'Angry and frustrated with Australia's asylum seeker and refugee policies, Eva Orner, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker, returned home after a decade living in the States to make the documentary Chasing Asylum about the issue.
'Embarking on a tumultuous eighteen months, Eva travelled to Indonesia, Cambodia, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iran, spending time with and filming asylum seekers, as well as interviewing politicians, activists and commentators including David Marr and Malcolm Fraser. She smuggled a pen camera into an Indonesian jail to interview a convicted people smuggler, she talked to whistle blowers in Australia, and in Iran she met with the family of the man killed in the Manus Island riot.
'Chasing Asylum is a compelling insight into a filmmaker's journey, and a very personal story of the cost, risks and rewards of putting yourself on the line for a film and for a cause.' (Publication summary)
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Watching Refugees : A Pacific Theatre of Documentary
2020
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criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 20 no. 2 2020;'Inspired by Robert Dixon's volumes on visual culture, colonial modernity and the Pacific, this article argues for a distinctive refugee imaginary in media witnessing and documentary cinema in the South, focussing on Eva Orner's 'Chasing Asylum' and two documentaries by Behrouz Boochani: 'Chauka' (with Arash Kamali Sarvestani) and 'Remain' (with Hoda Afshar).' (Publication abstract)
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Chasing Asylum Review : Eva Orner's Account of Making Her Refugee Documentary
2016
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review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 4 June 2016;
— Review of Chasing Asylum : A Filmmaker's Story 2016 single work autobiography 'It was Eleanor Roosevelt who reminded us that "universal human rights begin in small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world". And it is close to home that Eva Orner's journey begins in Chasing Asylum, the book that details making the film of the same name. ...' -
Bravery and the Need to Find a Home
2016
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 June 2016; (p. 24) The Age , 4-5 June 2016; (p. 24)
— Review of Chasing Asylum : A Filmmaker's Story 2016 single work autobiography -
Documentary Makes Concrete the Horrors of Detention
2016
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 May 2016; (p. 432)
— Review of Chasing Asylum : A Filmmaker's Story 2016 single work autobiography -
Searing Documentaries Steal the Show as Australian Cinema Rides a New Wave
2016
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 24 May 2016; 'From Chasing Asylum to Sherpa, a new class of rabble-rousing, boredom-detonating Australian documentaries is buzzing with a sense of urgency.'
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Shocking Exposé of Refugee Camps
2016
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review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 22 May 2016; (p. 11)
— Review of Chasing Asylum : A Filmmaker's Story 2016 single work autobiography -
Inside Nauru Nightmare
2016
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review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 8 May vol. 26 no. 9 2016;
— Review of Chasing Asylum : A Filmmaker's Story 2016 single work autobiography -
Documentary Makes Concrete the Horrors of Detention
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 May 2016; (p. 432)
— Review of Chasing Asylum : A Filmmaker's Story 2016 single work autobiography -
Bravery and the Need to Find a Home
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 June 2016; (p. 24) The Age , 4-5 June 2016; (p. 24)
— Review of Chasing Asylum : A Filmmaker's Story 2016 single work autobiography -
Chasing Asylum Review : Eva Orner's Account of Making Her Refugee Documentary
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 4 June 2016;
— Review of Chasing Asylum : A Filmmaker's Story 2016 single work autobiography 'It was Eleanor Roosevelt who reminded us that "universal human rights begin in small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world". And it is close to home that Eva Orner's journey begins in Chasing Asylum, the book that details making the film of the same name. ...' -
War Cry
2016
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 May 2016; (p. 10) -
Our Cruelty, Undiluted
2016
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— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 21-22 May 2016; (p. 16) -
Filmmaker Captures the World of Asylum-Seekers
2016
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— Appears in: The Australian , 25 May 2016; (p. 15) -
Searing Documentaries Steal the Show as Australian Cinema Rides a New Wave
2016
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 24 May 2016; 'From Chasing Asylum to Sherpa, a new class of rabble-rousing, boredom-detonating Australian documentaries is buzzing with a sense of urgency.' -
The 10 Best Australian Films of 2016
2016
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 20 December 2016;