Hope (2008)
Amal Basry watched 'Titanic' at a cinema in Baghdad the night before she fled Iraq. Eighteen months later, the people smuggling boat she was on sank between Indonesia and Australia. Three-hundred and fifty people drowned. Amal survived by clinging to the floating body of a dead woman for 22 hours. Now she fights to make sure the SIEV X disaster is not forgotten, to reunite her family and 'find what it was I lost in the ocean'...
Director: Steve Thomas
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 104 min
Release Date: June 19, 2008
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Hope about?
- Amal Basry watched 'Titanic' at a cinema in Baghdad the night before she fled Iraq. Eighteen months later, the people smuggling boat she was on sank between Indonesia and Australia. Three-hundred and fifty people drowned. Amal survived by clinging to the floating body of a dead woman for 22 hours. Now she fights to make sure the SIEV X disaster is not forgotten, to reunite her family and 'find what it was I lost in the ocean'...
- Who directed Hope?
- Hope was directed by Steve Thomas.
- How long is Hope?
- Hope has a runtime of 1h 44m (104 minutes).
- What genre is Hope?
- Hope is a Documentary film.