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Russell Vines

The Man Who Jumped

  • Documentary
RELEASE

2012-01-24

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

52 min

Description

Australia Day 2002. At the Woomera Detention Centre, protests by asylum seekers are erupting. A bare-chested young man climbs onto the perimeter fence. Below him are coils of cut-throat razor wire. He jumps. This image came to define one of the darkest chapters of Australian history.

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