THIS IS HOME is an intimate portrait of four Syrian refugee families arriving in America and struggling to find their footing. With only eight months of help from the International Rescue Committee to become self-sufficient, they must forge ahead to rebuild their lives in a new home: Baltimore, Maryland. They attend cultural orientation classes and job training sessions where they must "learn America" -- everything from how to take public transportation to negotiating new gender roles.
When the newly imposed travel ban adds further questions and complications, their strength and resilience are put to the test. Through humour and heartbreak, this universal story illuminates what it's like to start over, no matter the obstacles. THIS IS HOME goes beyond the statistics, headlines, and political rhetoric to tell deeply personal stories, putting a human face on the global refugee crisis. Via Bullfrog Films
Directed by Alexandra Shiva
Produced by Alexandra Shiva and Lindsey Megrue
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Audience Award, World Cinema Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
Video Librarian 2019 Best Documentaries
Winner, duPont-Columbia Award
Director's Award, Foreign Documentary, Cinetopia Film Festival
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Jerusalem Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
Telluride Mountainfilm Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Nantucket Film Festival
Maryland Film Festival
Salem Film Fest
Berkshire International Film Festival
Women + Film Festival
Define American Film Festival
Capital City Film Festival
NHdocs
North Dakota Human Rights and Arts Festival
Arab Film Festival (Arab Film and Media Institute)
Middle East Film Festival
Beacon Independent Film Festival
ReadingFilmFEST
Global Migration Film Festival
RESOURCES
SCREENING INFO
Counterpoints Arts has purchased a licence for up to 50 viewers to watch This is Home during Refugee Week 2020. If you'd like to see the film, email movingworldsfilms@gmail.com with 'This is Home' in the subject line.
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