Through the Wire

Put a thousand activisits at the gates of Australia's most notorious refugee detention centre and leave the cops in the pub then things are boud to happen, but no one expected the fences to come down so easliy.

"..High adrenaline...Supercharged." - New York Times

"A nonstop, frenzied verite account of the assault on Australia Woomera detention facility on Good Friday 2002, by 1000 Australia activists." - Newsday.com

"Three documentaries were show-stoppers at HRWFF... One is Pip Starr's Through the WIre, set outside an Australian refugee camp. Starr's incredible footage of activists freeing inmates from behind fences and razor wire is a testament to organized resistance, to the sheer physical power of people to raze tangible barriers to freedom." - Film Journal International

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• refugee
• protest
• woomera
• australia
• desert
• escape
• razor
• wire
• fence
• police
• brutality
• immigration
• freedom
• action

[starrpip]

I have put this video up to remind people of the Liberal Governments ongoing commitment to make life as unpleasant as possible for assylum seekers. it seems to me that the selective demonisation of africans is just another strategy to create a climate of fear in the election.

Here's hoping that howards days are over, and that the labor party will acutally be different and the greens will get the balance of power in the Senate!

[brittharmony]

miss you armon

[mishwin01]

Do you remember Armon

[ben10frank]

oh wow and baris lives in germany....

i better not get started on that country

just wondering...killed any jews lately?

[videoteppista]

R.i.P. Pip

[BarisJelzin]

australia suxx

[pankaj00e]

good

[Elaheh1naz]

The world is changing and the end of is near. The only thing to remember there are plenty of empty space in hell waiting for the ones who act against human rights.

[ThruHiker52]

Amazing footage....I never knew of this 'PIP', but thanks to you leaving an internet address I will definitely be checking out his work. I can understand why this man was an inspiration. Amazing,amazing video. Good on, Moopsie too. Thanks Mark, for bringing 'PIP' to those of us that didn't know of him before.