NZ on Air
VICE Media
Not part of a collection.
Gangsters in Paradise: The Deportees of Tonga
"It ain't a place to live when you're barely making ends meet. It's like crabs being stuck in a bucket, scratching, trying to get out."
Tonga is now home to hundreds of deportees — permanent residents of New Zealand, Australia or the United States who committed serious crimes and did jailtime, then were put on a plane to start a new life in an unfamiliar culture. The lucky ones have family land, or a place to stay. But many start from scratch and without institutional support, old bad habits can kick in.
- Original title
- Gangsters in Paradise: The Deportees of Tonga
- Language
- EN
- Country
- TO,US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
No cast information available.
Alex Waterfield
Executive Producer
The Deported
Cohen's War
Deportation Class
The Perfect Victim
NCR: Not Criminally Responsible
Los Angeles Plays New York
As If It Were Yesterday
Arada
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him
Special Flight
Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project
The Taste of Secrets
1944. Deportation
Kuban Cossacks. And Already Two Hundred Years...
Modus Operandi
Between Lands
Restoring Hope
Victims Fight Back
Abschiebung Impossible
Secret Courage: The Walter Suskind Story
My Mom Jayne
John Candy: I Like Me
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Night Will Fall
A Plastic Ocean
God Grew Tired of Us
180° South
To Be Takei
Maternal Instinct
The Class of ‘92
Human Flow
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Con Mum
Gilbert
Harmontown
Nail Bomber: Manhunt
Fuck
Seduced and Abandoned
Tricked: The Documentary
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Feb 6, 2019
