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Asylum

Garry Beitel

1998 1 h 18 min

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This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed and paperwork is double checked, we begin to examine exactly who can be considered a refugee.

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This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed and paperwork is double checked, we begin to examine exactly who can be considered a refugee.

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Credits

• director
  Garry Beitel
  
• script
  Garry Beitel
  
• narrator
  Garry Beitel
  
• producer
  David Wilson
  
• executive producer
  Don Haig
  
  Sally Bochner
  
• associate producer
  Adam Symansky
  
• camera
  Barry Perles
  
• sound
  Esther Auger
  
  Marie-France Delagrave
  
  Ismaël Cordeiro
  
  Hubert Macé de Gastines
  
  Jacques Drouin
  
  Barry Lazar
  
• editing
  Gerry Vansier
  
• sound editing
  Don Ayer
  
• re-recording
  Serge Boivin
  
• music
  Chris Crilly
  

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