The Oasis

The Oasis

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 10, 2008

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Oasis

Production Companies

Shark Island Productions, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Director

Sascha Ettinger-Epstein

Description

Tough kids from tough backgrounds living dangerous lives - these are the young people of the Oasis, a grimy brick youth refuge in inner-city Sydney. No story is too horrific, no circumstance too dire, no kid too damaged for its tireless director, Captain Paul Moulds. Father figure, counselor, saviour and an orphan himself, Paul is nothing short of a legend amongst those who stumble in at breaking point with nowhere left to go. This raw observational documentary filmed over two years captures Paul's daily battle to save these lost children of the so-called "Lucky Country".