Oscar winner Eva Orner on making a film to 'shame' Australia internationally

By Garry Maddox
Updated May 30 2016 - 3:34pm, first published May 21 2016 - 3:02pm
"It was the most personal film I've made": Eva Orner in <i>Chasing Asylum</i>. Photo: Supplied
"It was the most personal film I've made": Eva Orner in <i>Chasing Asylum</i>. Photo: Supplied
From secretly recorded footage inside a detention centre. Photo: Supplied
From secretly recorded footage inside a detention centre. Photo: Supplied
A scene from Eva Orner's documentary <i>Chasing Asylum</i>.
 Photo: Supplied
A scene from Eva Orner's documentary <i>Chasing Asylum</i>. Photo: Supplied
A drawing from a detention centre featured in <i>Chasing Asylum</i>. Photo: Supplied
A drawing from a detention centre featured in <i>Chasing Asylum</i>. Photo: Supplied
Producer Eva Orner and director Alex Gibney after winning best feature documentary at the Oscars for <i>Taxi to the Dark Side</i> in 2008. Photo: Vince Bucci - Getty Images
Producer Eva Orner and director Alex Gibney after winning best feature documentary at the Oscars for <i>Taxi to the Dark Side</i> in 2008. Photo: Vince Bucci - Getty Images
Brutal film to make: Eva Orner shoots a scene for the documentary.  Photo: Supplied
Brutal film to make: Eva Orner shoots a scene for the documentary. Photo: Supplied
Australian filmmaker Eva Orner in Kabul. Photo: Karl Quinn
Australian filmmaker Eva Orner in Kabul. Photo: Karl Quinn

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