The Detention Stories film tells the story of how Detention Stories was created. It documents the collaborative process behind the graphic novels, showing how three lived experiences of immigration detention in Canada were translated into graphic narratives. The film moves between memory, legal process, and art, centring the voices of those who lived through detention. The film opens a window into the emotional weight and lasting impact of immigration detention. By weaving together lived experience, legal research, and visual storytelling, the film illuminates the inner workings of immigration detention, and reflects on each storyteller’s experiences with confinement, uncertainty, and the lessons of immigration detention.
The Detention Stories film tells the story of how Detention Stories was created. It documents the collaborative process behind the graphic novels, showing how three lived experiences of immigration detention in Canada were translated into graphic narratives. The film moves between memory, legal process, and art, centring the voices of those who lived through detention. The film opens a window into the emotional weight and lasting impact of immigration detention. By weaving together lived experience, legal research, and visual storytelling, the film illuminates the inner workings of immigration detention, and reflects on each storyteller’s experiences with confinement, uncertainty, and the lessons of immigration detention.
