Peter’s Dream After Five Years in Detention
When Peter was reporting on the civil war in Sri Lanka, the government threatened to kill him.
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1 min readJun 23, 2015
Shot and edited by Rodney Dekker, The Story Collective.
When Peter was reporting on the civil war in Sri Lanka, the government threatened to kill him. After more than five years in detention in Australia, his dreams of a normal life seem as distant as ever. This short film, Peter’s Dream, reveals the obstacles he has faced since fleeing his home country. ‘The dream to live a normal life, that was completely destroyed,’ he says. He was recently released from detention but remains haunted by his past.
Translation and voice-over by Vasan.
Originally published at www.theguardian.com on June 19, 2015.
