A documentary film about the legacy of the Holocaust in the Balkans, as seen through the eyes -and conflicting memories- of three Bulgarian Jewish survivors in New York. Chaim Zemach, a cellist; Robert Bakish, an engineer; and Misha Avramoff, a social worker struggle to place their unusual experiences during World War II in Bulgaria into the more common narrative of the Shoah. They question the value of their stories and debate whether they are true Holocaust “survivors.”
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Temiatyo
Temiatyo is a 22-year-old girl who witnessed firsthand domestic violence suffered by her mother. This unhealthy climate in which she lived makes her an insolent, disrespectful and aggressive girl towards the men in her environment.
Bare Trees In The Mist
A young mother (Kaali) and her young son hear that a villager who returned home from abroad has brought them gifts. At first Kaali rejects this possibility outright. But a combination of poverty, desperation and hope eventually makes her walk miles to greet him. At the onset of winter with no contact from her husband – himself somewhere in Arabia – Kaali finds herself on the brink.
Journey to Kailash
Here are a very old Korean mother and her son. They have lived together for over 45 years without a husband and father. 44 years after he died, they embarked on their first journey in 2014, when they headed for an old Buddhist monastery on the Himalayas. Then they had a pilgrimage for Mustang, the Buddhist kingdom and Myanmar. Finally, in 2017, when the mother got 83 years old, they embarked on their last journey for the sacred mountain, Kailash.
The Last Stitch
Born to a family of tailors, Tommy Sung grew up in the trade. When his father died, he and his wife Connie took over the family business. In 1996, facing the imminent handover of Hong Kong to China, the couple decided to emigrate to Canada. There, they successfully rebuilt their business making traditional Chinese cheongsam. Twenty years on, they’re ready to retire. But what of the skills that have been handed down in their family for three generations?
Holy Rights
Safia, a devout Muslim woman from Bhopal joins a program for training women as Qazis (judges of Sharia court) . We follow the lived experience of Safia Apa and several other women who fight against the instant triple talaq practice – a divorce in classical Islamic law.