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Midnight Traveler

Play trailer 2:17 Poster for Midnight Traveler 2019 1h 27m Documentary War Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 02/23/2020
4/5
A film that finds poignant family moments even in the darkest depths of the ongoing refugee crisis. Go to Full Review Simran Hans Observer (UK) 01/20/2020
4/5
The combination of perspectives paints a vivid and hopeful portrait of a family, as well as an indictment of the refugee crisis. Go to Full Review Ed Potton The Times (UK) 01/17/2020
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 01/04/2023
For all that, I find myself (churlishly?) rejecting Midnight Traveler... Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 04/11/2021
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". Go to Full Review Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site 08/06/2020
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/07/2020 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. See more dave d 03/05/2020 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 See more 01/20/2020 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 See more 11/14/2019 Conveyed the desperate struggle to obtain safe haven from terrorism. See more 10/19/2019 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. See more 10/19/2019 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. See more Read all reviews
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Hassan Fazili

Director

Hassan Fazili

Self

Nargis Fazili

Self

Zahra Fazili

Self

Fatima Hossaini

Self

Emelie Mahdavian

Writer

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Movie Info

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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