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Captive

2021 · 107 min

A heavy, intimate documentary that sits with trauma and survival, asking quiet patience as it links two painful stories.

Directed by: Mellissa Fung
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Mellissa Fung

Overview: CAPTIVE is a cinematic exploration into the heart of darkness, exploring the trauma of captivity as seen through the eyes of girls abducted by Boko Haram and a journalist coming to terms with her own past.

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Directed by: Mellissa Fung
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Mellissa Fung

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
survival
isolation
memory
healing
Places: wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Mellissa Fung
Written by: Mellissa Fung
Starring: Mellissa Fung
Runtime: 107 min
Country: Canada

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