The Exiles

The Exiles (2024)

February 1st, 20241h 58min

Documentary
87%

Overview

During the 1965 mass killings to eliminate the Indonesian Communist Party, the new regime banned scholars in the Soviet Union and China, forcing them into exile across Europe. This documentary follows those displaced individuals as they navigate the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Indonesia, reflecting on the traumatic events that uprooted their lives.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Douce France

Douce France


Released on: 2021-06-16
Documentary

Amina, Sami and Jennyfer are high school students in the Paris suburbs, in 93. At the initiative of...

Blue Notes and Exiled Voices

Blue Notes and Exiled Voices


Released on: 1992-01-01
Documentary

An affectionate portrait of exiled South African musicians in London, featuring Louis Moholo, Pinise...

A Culpa é do Sol

A Culpa é do Sol


Released on: 2023-12-20
Documentary, Comedy

Occupation, the 27th Picture

Occupation, the 27th Picture


Released on: 2013-06-29
Documentary

We encounter the controversial Croatian film director Lordan Zafranovic in voluntary exile in Prague...

Aufenthaltserlaubnis

Aufenthaltserlaubnis


Released on: 1978-01-01
Documentary

It follows Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta as he celebrates the end of the autocrats. Cheerful farew...

Aleya

Aleya


Released on: 2024-01-01
Documentary

An intimate close-up on Aleya, a trans woman who has recently moved from Cairo to germany right afte...

Cambridge May Week Boat Races

Cambridge May Week Boat Races


Released on: 1951-05-01
Documentary

Picnickers in punts, ‘bumpers’ and bubbly.

Galoot

Galoot


Released on: 2003-02-10
Documentary

A film essay by Asher de Bentolila Tlalim, an Israeli filmmaker living in London, GALOOT ("Exile" in...

Cartas

Cartas


Released on: 2018-08-18
Documentary

何以为家

何以为家


Released on: 2025-02-06
Documentary

Europe by Bidon

Europe by Bidon


Released on: 2022-12-31
Animation, Documentary, Drama

Biodun is Nigerian. In this animated documentary, he tells the story of his journey on foot from Lag...

The Island

The Island


Released on: 2017-11-15
Documentary

Dos Islas is a poetic story about old age, family and the bond between a granddaughter and a grandmo...

L'Exode

L'Exode


Released on: 2020-06-07
Documentary, History, War

Temporary Identity

Temporary Identity


Released on: 2025-10-20
Documentary

What does it mean to belong to a place, a country? In a south Tel Aviv elementary school, that quest...

The Gordon Affair

The Gordon Affair


Released on: 2021-12-07
Documentary, Drama

As a small liberal arts college on the North Shore, Gordon College has not been without its issues. ...

De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile

De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile


Released on: 2012-06-12
Documentary, TV Movie, History

Surviving Sandy Hook

Surviving Sandy Hook


Released on: 2015-04-01
Documentary, TV Movie

Investigative documentary following three families involved in the Sandy Hook shooting, as they try ...

Prison or Exile

Prison or Exile


Released on: 2021-03-20
Documentary

Nursel Aydoğan, Fırat Anlı and Zülküf Karatekin are linked by political exile in Europe after threat...

The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy

The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy


Released on: 2008-08-10
Documentary

At the Munich Olympics of 1972, John Akii Bua, from the impoverished African country of Uganda, powe...

Things of a Lifetime, Intimate Archeological Exercises

Things of a Lifetime, Intimate Archeological Exercises


Released on: 2024-10-30
Documentary

The filmmaker’s grandmother moved into this house in 1971. When Rolande Ségalini died, everything re...