Film | Australia

ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS

DOCUMENTARY 94 Minutes
DIR: Gabrielle Brady

On a remote tropical island, forty-million crabs migrate through a dense jungle and rocky shores to the freedom of the sea. Christmas Island is also a temporary home to refugees seeking passage to Australia but confined to a high security detention centre deep in the jungle. With a brilliant score, lush cinematography and keen attention to detail, this award-winning documentary focuses on the detention centre’s trauma counsellor as she and her young family navigate local mythologies that surround them.