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Dying to Leave
Thursday, July 29th, 2004
A reprise of one of last season's most significant films, "Dying to Leave" explores the current worldwide boom in illicit migration and human trafficking. Every year, an estimated two to four million people are shipped in containers, shepherded through sewage pipes, secreted in car chassis, and ferried across frigid waters. Others travel on legitimate carriers but with forged documents. An alarming number of these migrants end up in bondage, forced to work as prostitutes, thieves, or as laborers in sweatshops. By listening to the voices of those who pulled up their roots and risked all, the film puts a human face on what might otherwise be seen as statistical, overwhelming and remote, and reveals the circumstances that drove these migrants from their homes, the difficulties involved in their epic journeys, and what awaits them in their new world.
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Writer/director/producer Chris Hilton is a partner in Hilton Cordell Productions, a prominent Australian production company. His credits include DEALING WITH THE DEMON, a three-hour ABC/PBS series about the history of the illicit opium and heroin trade (three Silver Plaques, Chicago International Television Festival); SHADOW PLAY, a film on the Indonesian massacres (selected for competition at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival); and "Bitter Harvest," an investigation of the growing drug trade in Central Asia, which premiered in WIDE ANGLE's first season. Hilton has won the UN Media Peace Prize, the Telluride Triumph of the Spirit Award, and the People's Choice Award at Banff.
Writer/director Aaron Woolf has made documentaries about art, science, politics, and sports, all of which reflect his interest in how global events affect individual lives. His film GREENER GRASS: CUBA, BASEBALL AND THE UNITED STATES won a 2001 Rockie Award at Banff and was broadcast nationally on PBS. Another feature film, ART AND RACING, broadcast on the Sundance Channel, was a winner at the Wine Country Film Festival.
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