The Road to Home is a 2015 feature-length documentary[1] about Benny Wenda, the West Papuan independence leader and Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
[2] Since his escape from an Indonesian prison in 2002,[3] where he was held in isolation and tortured as a political prisoner,[4] Benny has been an unceasing crusader on the international scene, campaigning to bring about an end to the suffering of his people at the hands of Indonesia's colonial regime.
[5] Granted political asylum in the UK in 2004, Wenda's freedom of movement was restricted in 2011 when, at the behest of the Indonesian government, Interpol issued a ‘red notice’ putting him at extreme risk of extradition should he travel.
[7] Wenda then embarked on a worldwide "Freedom Tour"[8] to build support and awareness for the West Papuan Independence movement.
The film was produced and directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, and shot over a two-year period,[9] with the filmmaker joining Benny Wenda on his overseas trips including his appearance at the Oslo Freedom Forum,[10] and his first official overseas tour to the US, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.