Midnight Traveler
Sunday, March 1, at 2:30 pm in Maxwell (S205)

Date
January 24, 2020
About Project
DIRECTOR
Hassan Fazili & Emelie Mahdavian
COUNTRY
USA / Qatar / Canada / UK
RUNNING TIME
87 mins
YEAR
2019
LANGUAGE
English, Afghan, Farsi, Turkish and Bulgarian with English subtitles
ABOUT THE FILM
When Hassan Fazili’s documentary Peace aired on Afghanistan National Television in 2015, the Taliban assassinated the film’s main subject and put a price on Hassan’s head, forcing him to flee with his wife and two daughters. In their years-long search for sanctuary – desperately seeking refugee protection along the notorious Balkan smuggling route – Hassan’s family filmed their harrowing journey using only their camera phones. Capturing first-hand the dangers and degradations facing asylum-seekers, this gripping vérité story has won multiple awards at festivals around the world, including the Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival.