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Draft:Stop the Boats — The Lie of Saving Lives at Sea


Stop the Boats — The Lie of Saving Lives at Sea
Directed byNicolai Jung
Produced byPhil Miller
Nicolai Jung
CinematographyNicolai Jung
Release date
  • 2017 (2017)
Running time
56 minutes
CountriesGermany
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Stop the Boats — The Lie of Saving Lies at Sea is a 2017 documentary film about Operation Sovereign Borders the policy of the Government of Australia to stop any refugees reaching Australian territory by boat.

The film documents the journey of the boat the Andika in May 2015 — which the boat crew and passengers state were on a journey to New Zealand rather than Australia —but were intercepted by Australian forces and forcibly sent back to Indonesia.

Synopsis

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The documentary film begins in West Kupang where the refugees from the boat the Andika are being held in immigration detention. The film then discusses their journey from Indonesia around the waters of Australia where they are intercepted by the Australian navy, forced onto two smaller boats and sent back to Indonesia, including the invovlement of a payment to the boat's crew by the Australians. The payment and treatment of the boat is subject to scrutiny from a number of Australian politicians in the Australian parliament. The film also interviews a number of people from New Zealand — the boats intended destination — where the film ends.[1]

Production

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The film was shot in West Timor (the Indonesian part of Timor), Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the United Kingdom. It features interviews of the Andika refugees, local villagers in Indonesia who rescused the refugees after they were sent back by Australia, and refugee advocates in Australia and New Zealand. It also features footage of the interception by Australian forces captured by the refugees on mobile phones, as well as footage from the Australian parliament when officials of Operation Sovereign Borders are questioned by parliamentarians about the Andika interception.

Interviewees

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Release

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The film premiered at the Nuremburg International Human Rights Film Festival in October 2017.[2] It was also screened at special event by Medico International on the 14th of November 2017[3] and Sea Watch[4] on the 7th of November 2017.[5] It was screened at Unite Union in New Zealand in 2019 and was also selected to be screened at the Marxism 2019 conference in Melbourne Australia.[6]

Press coverage

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The film makers work was covered on New Zealand's major television channels Television New Zealand - One News[7] and TV3 - Newshub[8]. The interception and film was discussed in an article in The Spinoff.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Perinpanayagam, Umesh (16 June 2019). "Government's 'saving lives at sea' rhetoric rings hollow". The Spinoff. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival |". Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Stop the Boats - the lie of saving lives at sea - Terminkalender - 14.11.2017". medico international (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Sea-Watch e.V. · Zivile Seenotrettung an Europas Grenzen". Sea-Watch e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Film "Stop the Boats" - Abschottungspolitik made in Australia • Sea-Watch e.V." Sea-Watch e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Stop the boats: The real story of operation Sovereign Borders". www.marxismconference.org. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  7. ^ "'Don't come back' Aust navy tells Sri Lankan asylum seekers". TVNZ. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Refugees detained trying to reach NZ". Newshub. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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Category:2010s documentary films Category:2017 films Category:English-language films

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