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This is one of the biggest issues affecting Europe currently yet we do not get independent accurate journalistic coverage of what's going on and there is a reason why. Namely that leftist media outlets have been colluding to present a particular narrative about the refugee crisis which doesn't reflect reality. The migrants are as Lauren points out mostly not bad people - they want what we would all want, to live in a country with better economic opportunities yet when they arrive their skillsets and often limited English mean there are not jobs for them and the need to provide social housing and welfare benefits are over burdening Europe. Not to mention crime spiking in a number of areas from this influx of young men with too much time on their hands and very different values. They are not as the media would have us believe predominately Syrian refugees but most are from elsewhere. We also don't get coverage of the real impacts of this influx on native populations who miss out on housing, having their children's schooling affected by resources directed to teaching new pupils the language and very real crime issues. It's not that immigration is bad in itself but too much, too soon creates a raft of problems.

The thing that stuck with me the most from the documentary was the interview with the Turkish farmer. He has been threatened by groups of migrants and now must take a gun out into the fields to work and arm himself at night. In his town women cannot go out alone even into the countryside because this is a migrant route where large groups of young men roam the roads. I almost wept that people who have lived in these areas for generations cannot safely make a living or even feel safe in their homes anymore. I am glad Lauren is speaking for these people when no one else will tell their story.

A very unusual combination of things in this film.

It really was a film of two halfs. The first part of the film set in the 1960s was charming and beautiful with two engaging characters and songs. Rose McIver shines even if her character could be frustrating at times.

In its second half the film doesn't work well and there were some horrible music choices and the singing by the lead male character was not up to par. Also I found Kimbra's voice pretty average right through.

Great to see Kiwi landscape and songs on screen but there were some songs which didn't work or were just kind of horrible and some great Kiwi songs were missed out (Be mine tonight or why does love do this to me would have been great additions).

It's worthwhile seeing for the first half of the movie which has moments of pure charm and brilliance, just wish some of the second half had been better executed.

Compelling documentary uncovering the violence against South African farmers. What is most shocking is barbarity of the violence - torturing people, rapes committed with family members made to watch or the rape of small children, people being boiled and other horrific crimes. These are race based hate crimes in what is clearly a campaign of terrorism and from what other information sources I have seen very likely carried out with the unofficial support of the government who recently announced they would take farmland from white farmers without compensation. Not the subject of this documentary but when you look at other sources it is also shocking how actively the govt seems to be implementing policies that will destroy Sth Africa. Already one taxpayer supports around five people with unemployment over 30%. Undermining property right security by taking land will cause investors to flee and result in more job losses and food shortages. Corruption is at ridiculous levels as is murder and rape. Other crimes against blacks are also very high but mostly carried out in a casual manner rather than designed to inflight cruelty which distinguishes the farm murders from other crimes (and farmers are about four times more likely to be killed than other Sth Africans). It's hard to see a solution to this problem as some will emigrate but others will stay on the land their families will own for 300+ years making them an even smaller and more vulnerable minority. But the rapid dissolution of Sth Africa into even further levels of poverty, unemployment, infrastructure collapse and social chaos of the policies the govt is now implementing does not bode well for the farmers. This is in the context of politicians already singing about killing white farmers at rallies in a state where the police force cannot and will not enforce the law to protect a minority population because they are too overwhelmed with crime and are being told not to spend time on crime against whites. This is an extremely dangerous genocidal mixture. Sending my prayers over to Sth Africa in the hopes that catastrophic violence can be avoided.