Plans are in motion for a feature film based on Behrouz Boochani's award-winning book written while he was in detention on Manus Island
Plans are in motion for a feature film based on an Iranian refugee's award-winning book written while he was in detention on Manus Island.is slated to begin in mid-2021, production companies Sweetshop & Green, Aurora Films and Hoodlum Entertainment said in a joint statement.'A victory for humanity': Manus Island refugee Behrouz Boochani wins major literary prize
Boochani, 36, spent more than six years in offshore detention after fleeing Iran and last year won Australia's most valuable literary award, the Victorian Prize for Literature. He entered New Zealand on a one-month visa for a speaking engagement in November but didn't return to Papua New Guinea.
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