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2019
Oscilloscope
1 h 28 m

2019
Oscilloscope
1 h 28 m

Summary When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee the country with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing the family’s uncertain journey firsthand, Fazili documents their harrowing trek across numerous borders revealing the danger and uncertainty facing refugees seeking asylum juxtaposed wi...

Directed By: Hassan Fazili

Written By: Emelie Mahdavian

2019
Oscilloscope
1 h 28 m

2019
Oscilloscope
1 h 28 m

Midnight Traveler

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

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Summary When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee the country with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing the family’s uncertain journey firsthand, Fazili documents their harrowing trek across numerous borders revealing the danger and uncertainty facing refugees seeking asylum juxtaposed wi...

Directed By: Hassan Fazili

Written By: Emelie Mahdavian

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Hassan Fazili

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Nargis Fazili

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Zahra Fazili

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Fatima Hossaini

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Apr 18, 2019

Midnight Traveler is a brutally honest film about the hardship and inhumanity a family endures and their bravery, love, hope, and, above all else, desire to control their own fate.

By Gary Garrison FULL REVIEW

Apr 18, 2019

The suffering, fear and humiliation that they experience is balanced by moments of warmth and an artist’s magpie eye for unexpected glimpses of beauty. It’s a remarkable achievement.

By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW

Sep 16, 2019

Balancing rough-edge verité with highly composed images and a meticulous structure, it doesn’t preclude itself from finding something like poetry in its subjects’ struggles.

By Pat Brown FULL REVIEW

Jan 16, 2020

A powerful, personal piece of work.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

Oct 22, 2019

Midnight Traveler unfolds in many kinds of limbo, and the one between living a disaster and recording it for the world to see is the least problematic. Like its makers — all four of them — the movie is flawed, human, hopeful, and desperate for a place to land.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

Sep 17, 2019

If nothing else, Hassan Fazili’s documentary, Midnight Traveler, offers a necessary corrective to the widely held contention that refugees have nothing to offer to the countries where they land.

By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Oct 9, 2019

What makes Midnight Traveler distinct from its counterparts is that it follows filmmaker Hassan Fazili’s own family, and the intimacy he’s able to capture over the life spans of three iPhones makes his documentary more tender and honest and immediate.

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Production Company Old Chilly Pictures

Release Date Sep 18, 2019

Duration 1 h 28 m

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Website https://www.facebook.com/Midnight-Traveler-105454884191137/

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Awards

Biografilm Festival

• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Peabody Awards

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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