Island of the Hungry Ghosts (2019)
• January 11th, 2019 • 1h 38min
Documentary
Overview
Christmas Island, Australia is home to one of the largest land migrations on earth—that of forty million crabs journeying from jungle to sea. But the jungle holds another secret: a high-security facility that indefinitely detains individuals seeking asylum.
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