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The Land Between

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The Land Between

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eng

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videorecording

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The Land Between

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945762608

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Originally produced by David Fedele in 2014

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The Land Between offers an intimate insight into the hidden and desperate lives of Sub-Saharan African migrants living in the mountains of northern Morocco. For most, their dream is to enter Europe by jumping a highly-militarised barrier into Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the north coast of the African continent. With unique and unprecedented access, this film documents the everyday life of these migrants trapped in limbo, as well as the extreme violence and constant mistreatment they face from both the Moroccan and Spanish authorities. It also explores many universal questions, including how and why people are prepared to risk everything, including their life, to leave their home country, their family and friends, in search of a new and better life. David Fedele is an independent Australian filmmaker who has previously made films exploring illegal logging in Papua New Guinea (BIKPELA BAGARAP - Big Damage) and electronic waste in Ghana (E-WASTELAND). The Land Between has been officially selected for numerous international festivals including the FIFE Environmental Film Festival, Paris, where it won the main award for Best Feature-length Documentary; DocWeek in Adelaide; and the Millennium International Documentary Film Festival, Brussels

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live action

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