Island of the Hungry Ghosts @ Downtown Independent followed by Q&A with director Gabrielle Brady
Join us for a special screening of Island of the Hungry Ghosts 2020 Independent Spirit Award Nominee for Best Documentary and winner of Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary 2018. Director Gabrielle Brady will join us via Skype for a Q&A following the screening. Don’t miss the chance to see this beautiful film on the big screen.
Synopsis: On an isolated island in the Indian Ocean, land crabs migrate in their millions from the jungle to the sea. The same jungle hides a high-security Australian detention center where thousands of asylum seekers have been locked away indefinitely. Their only connection to the outside world is trauma counselor Poh Lin.