Midnight Traveler

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Midnight Traveler

Released Sep 18, 2019

1h 27m

Documentary

War

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Afghan director Hassan Fazili is forced to flee the country when the Taliban puts a bounty on his head.

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Midnight Traveler puts a harrowing personal face on the modern refugee crisis, driving home the heartbreakingly relatable odysseys of the displaced.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

A film that finds poignant family moments even in the darkest depths of the ongoing refugee crisis.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 23, 2020

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

The combination of perspectives paints a vivid and hopeful portrait of a family, as well as an indictment of the refugee crisis.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 20, 2020

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

Shot entirely on iPhones, the Afghan director's charming and moving documentary charts his three-year flight with his young family from Tajikistan, where they had failed to find asylum, 3,500 miles to the west.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 17, 2020

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

For all that, I find myself (churlishly?) rejecting Midnight Traveler...

Jan 4, 2023

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

If one wants to realize the situation and the overall circumstances the refugees who flee to Europe face, one has to look no further, "Midnight Traveler" offers the best look in the subject, that of the "insider".

Apr 11, 2021

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

Washington and its European accomplices have largely destroyed Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. Millions have died, tens of millions are on the run. Midnight Traveler records one case.

Aug 6, 2020

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Good documentary but some elements should have been explained better, such as the asylum processes. The last steps of the journey didn't make sense.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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dave d

This hubby and wife date night movie was 'Midnight Traveler', a documentary on refugees who also happen to filmmakers. The husband and wife team shot this on three cell phones and the journey is eye opening and takes a lot of empathy. I found myself pausing the movie a few times because it just has to be so traumatic for the families who are forced to go through this. It doesn't matter what country you're a refugee from, what matters is that we treat people with decency. We all could be refugees, you just never know! Wife: 7.1 Hubby 7.5 Final Average Score: 7.3/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Such a raw footage of their journey and what immigrants go through. My heart went out to them on so many occasions I held my breath hoping for good outcomes. I loved it. I wish them well

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Conveyed the desperate struggle to obtain safe haven from terrorism.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Outstanding and heartbreaking. I am the child of a refugee who successfully made it to the US. I wish the family the best of luck.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Luminous, revelatory, and heart-breaking, Midnight Traveler reminds us of the humanity we share with every refugee in the world--and that there but for the grace of God go we.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Synopsis

Afghan director Hassan Fazili is forced to flee the country when the Taliban puts a bounty on his head.

Director: Hassan Fazili
Producer: Su Kim, Emelie Mahdavian
Screenwriter: Emelie Mahdavian
Distributor: Oscilloscope Pictures
Production Co: Old Chilly Pictures
Genre: Documentary, War
Original Language: Persian
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $38.3K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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