Stateless

Stateless, is loosely based on a collection of immigration horror stories that happened over a course of time, put together cleverly. The Barton detention facility shown is the web series is based on the real life detention centre called Woomera, South Australia. The series presents the plight of the poor immigrants, both pre and post detention, the series also focuses the life of the guards of the detention centre, The general red tape surrounding the immigration system and the tireless volunteers opposing the detention system. The human stories of some immigrants, though not in great detail, touches our hearts.

Cinematography is neat, the various emotions portrayed by the actors are well captured. Though Screenplay is pretty raw in the early episodes, it matures a lot as the series progresses and peaks in the last two episodes, with some wonderfully writing. Editing is mostly good and one cannot complain much about a 316 minute runtime. The creators and the directors have handled the project pretty well to have a great outlook. Production design, music, costumes and makeup were decent. On the acting front, Stateless boasts many well know names from Australian movie scene. Asher Keddie's performance was the best of the lot followed by Jai Courtney and Yvonne Strahovski.

Overall, if you like emotional dramas and human stories, Stateless is just tailor made just for you. It also will also give the viewer a small case study on immigration and detention system that government down under followed in the early 2000s. The creators of Stateless have balanced the series in such a way that the focus remains on the plight of the immigrants even though they take a pot shot at the immigration system. Highly recommended, Stateless is emotionally gripping and shows the huge gap between bureaucracy and humanity a solid 7.1 stars out of 10. Watch out for a killer episode six.

The programme is based around a true story of four intwining stories set at an Australian refugee camp. You have a conflicted guard, Conflicted Boss, a broken refugee family and an Australian woman with severe mental health issues who shouldn't be locked up there played fantastically by the star of the show Yvonne Strahovski. This programme is a real eye opener that has you questioning how the world treats the less fortunate families coming from war torn dangerous countries.

How do all of you know it is inaccurate? I found it Interesting. At least I am capable of admitting that I have no clue whether or not it is accurate. I enjoyed the acting and know that it is quite possible that many of these 'camps' have guards that mistreat people. But that's beside the point. Since when does a series have to be factual?

An excellent film, particularly as it's based on truth. Individual story lines of the characters are well developed and the acting throughout is captivating. Heartbreaking but important to bring to attention and one hopes that the Australian Immigration Service is pulling its socks up as a result- although there's scant evidence of this.

Films like this can only be good as catalysts for action. Well worth watching.

Difficult to watch at times, but nothing like the pain experienced at these facilities. Shame on us, as humanity to treat one another so.