The Oasis
Apr 10, 2008 | IMDB 0
88 min Watch NowDocumentary
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".
MOVIE COMMENTS
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We Were There to Be There
Tell Them We Were Here
Alkohol
Jailhouse Socrates
US
But... Seriously
Heroin(e)
Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within
Pacific Vibrations
Belushi
Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth
Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son
Drug Porn
Cocaine: History Between the Lines
49 Up
Dark Days
What You’ll Remember
Woodstock
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Happy Pills
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2021
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IMDB 0 | May , 2021
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IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 2020
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IMDB 4 | Sep , 2017
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IMDB 9 | Jan , 1970
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IMDB 10 | Mar , 1994
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IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2017
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IMDB 5 | Jan , 2006
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IMDB 1 | Jan , 1970
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IMDB 7 | May , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1956
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2024
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IMDB 10 | May , 2019
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 2011
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IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 2006
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IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 2000
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2021
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IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 1970
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IMDB 9 | Oct , 2007
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IMDB 7 | Feb , 2023
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