🎬 Documentary

Gangsters in Paradise: The Deportees of Tonga

""It ain't a place to live when you're barely making ends meet. It's like crabs being stuck in a bucket, scratching, trying to get out.""

2019 25m Dir. Ursula Williams

About this movie

Tonga is now home to hundreds of deportees — permanent residents of New Zealand, Australia or the United States who committed serious crimes and did jailtime, then were put on a plane to start a new life in an unfamiliar culture. The lucky ones have family land, or a place to stay. But many start from scratch and without institutional support, old bad habits can kick in.

Quick facts

Year
2019
Runtime
25m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Ursula Williams
Language
EN

Cast

👤
'Ila Mo'unga
American Deportee
👤
Sione Moli
New Zealand Deportee
👤
Sione Ngaue
American Deportee
👤
Talia'uli Prescott
New Zealand Deportee
👤
Sione Falemanu
Former Tongan Prison C
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Ursula Williams 👤 'Ila Mo'unga 👤 Sione Moli 👤 Sione Ngaue
deportation criminal justice

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Gangsters in Paradise: The Deportees of Tonga has a runtime of 25m ( and 25 minutes).
Gangsters in Paradise: The Deportees of Tonga was directed by Ursula Williams and released in 2019.
Gangsters in Paradise: The Deportees of Tonga is a Documentary film (2019).
The cast of Gangsters in Paradise: The Deportees of Tonga includes 'Ila Mo'unga, Sione Moli, Sione Ngaue, Talia'uli Prescott, Sione Falemanu.

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