Troubled Waters
Fishermen from the Indonesian island of Roti have been fishing the waters of the Timor Sea for centuries, long before recent treaties expanded Australia's territorial borders. Now, dispossessed of their traditional fishing grounds, the Rotinese are regularly arrested for trespassing a borderline they cannot see. Tried in Australian courts without legal representation, they are imprisoned for long periods for fines they cannot pay and their small, handmade boats burned. Arriving home deep in debt, many of the increasingly destitute and desperate are turning to the people smuggling trade in order to survive. Troubled Waters investigates the human and financial cost of Australia's current border protection policies.
Australia - 2001 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital• Betacam - Colour
Director
Ruth Balint
Script
Ruth Balint
Camera
Erika Addis
Sound
Paul Finlay, Michael Gissing
Editing
Kim Moodie
Music
Drew Crawford
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Production
Resonance Productions,
13, Wilson Street,
NSW 2780 Katoomba, Australie
Tél : +61 2 4782 5889
Fax : +61 2 4782 9925
E-mail : reso@ozemail.com.au
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Sales
Film Australia,
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NSW 2011 Sydney, Australie
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