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Fellow's 'Far From Home' Documentary Will Debut at California Film Festival

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March 24, 2024 | 4:30 PM TO 5:30 PM America/Los_Angeles

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Palm Springs Cultural Center
2300 E Baristo Rd

Palm Springs, CA 92262

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Samira and family
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Many Afghans who moved to India for a better life are now trapped in poverty and face a long wait...

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Far From Home tells the story of refugee Samira Faizi. Image by Sahiba Chawdhary. India, 2022.
Refugee Samira Faizi's story is told in Far From Home. Image by Sahiba Chawdhary. India, 2022.

Pulitzer Center Post-Grad Reporting Fellow Ankita Mukhopadhyay's documentary Far From Home will premiere at the 13th American Documentary and Animation Film Festival (AmDocs) in Palm Springs, California. The festival will be held on March 21-25, 2024.

Far From Home tells the story of Samira Faizi, who escaped to India from Afghanistan in the hope of a better life. But she grapples with the possibility of being stuck forever as slow asylum processes and the lack of a refugee law threaten her existence. 

The film is part of Mukhopadhyay's Pulitzer Center-supported project Samira: An Afghan Refugee Story. It will screen at the Palm Springs Cultural Center on March 24 at 4:30pm PDT. Tickets are available here.


 

 

 

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