The Oasis (2008)

Directed by

Ian Darling

Genre

documentary film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 28m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows homeless young people staying at a youth shelter in Sydney. It shows their daily struggles and small moments of connection.

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What happens

The Oasis is a 2008 Australian documentary film produced by Shark Island Productions and directed by Ian Darling and Sascha Ettinger Epstein. The film explores the lives of homeless youth living in the Salvos Oasis youth refuge in Sydney. A 'ten years later' film was published in 2019 - Life After The Oasis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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