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Shari Robertson is a Director and Producer American
Shari Robertson is an American Film Director and producer. Her filmmaking credits include Twelve Stories: How Democracy Works Now, Well-Founded Fear, These Girls Are Missing, Inside the Khmer Rouge, Return to Year Zero and Washington/Peru: We Ain't Winnin'. Her films have been featured on HBO, CNN, PBS, BBC, Channel 4, Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in London and New York City and The Sundance Film Festival among others.
Robertson’s career started with projects in the Southern Highlands rainforest of Papua New Guinea. Since then, her films have explored social and political stories in Cambodia and Thailand, Peru and Africa before concentrating on immigration reform and political asylum in the U.S. Robertson currently lives in New York City where she and her filmmaking partner, Michael Camerini, have a production company, The Epidavros Project, Inc.
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Shari Robertson
Robertson’s career started with projects in the Southern Highlands rainforest of Papua New Guinea. Since then, her films have explored social and political stories in Cambodia and Thailand, Peru and Africa before concentrating on immigration reform and political asylum in the U.S. Robertson currently lives in New York City where she and her filmmaking partner, Michael Camerini, have a production company, The Epidavros Project, Inc.
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Filmography of Shari Robertson (3 films)
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The Game is On (2010)
Directed by Shari Robertson, Michael Camerini
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about immigration, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Well-Founded Fear (2000)
, 1h59Directed by Shari Robertson, Michael Camerini
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about immigration, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Rating73%
On average, only one in two hundred asylum applicants is ever admitted as a refugee to the U.S. A refugee is defined as someone afraid to return home for fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, social group or political opinion. Any foreign citizen who is able to find a path into the U.S. is eligible to apply for refugee protection in the form of political asylum. At the time of filming, the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) handled all requests for asylum.
These Girls Are Missing (1994)
, 1hDirected by Shari Robertson, Michael Camerini
Origin USA
Themes Films about education
"A film about men and women, about marriage... families... having babies, about tradition, and the modern world... about who goes to school in Africa... and why girls are missing." - Official tag-line.
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Well-Founded Fear (2000)
, 1h59Directed by Shari Robertson, Michael Camerini
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about immigration, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Roles Producer
Rating73%
On average, only one in two hundred asylum applicants is ever admitted as a refugee to the U.S. A refugee is defined as someone afraid to return home for fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, social group or political opinion. Any foreign citizen who is able to find a path into the U.S. is eligible to apply for refugee protection in the form of political asylum. At the time of filming, the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) handled all requests for asylum.