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Far from Home
Samira Faizi fled Kabul for Delhi in 2021. With no refugee law in India and resettlement slow to come, she faces the possibility of being stuck forever.
Far from Home
Samira Faizi fled Kabul for Delhi in 2021. With no refugee law in India and resettlement slow to come, she faces the possibility of being stuck forever.
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Divinity 2.0
Two sisters and a rebel set out to modernize Carnatic music, a 1,200-year-old Indian art form. Are they doing too much for too little?
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Ankita M. Kumar
Ankita M. Kumar is an award-winning Indian journalist and documentary filmmaker based in California. Her directorial debut, Far from Home, about Afghan refugees in Delhi, was funded by the Pulitzer Center, premiered at the Oscar-qualifying American Documentary and Animation Film Festival, screened at the Oscar-qualifying Tasveer Film Festival, was a finalist for NHK's Japan Prize and was runner-up for Best Short Documentary at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival.
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Far From Home: Ankita Kumar on Storytelling Across Borders (opens in a new tab)
By Amy Boyle
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Afghan Refugee Doc 'Far From Home' Adds Indian Thespian Naseeruddin Shah as Executive Producer in Oscar Push (opens in a new tab)
By Naman Ramachandran
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Far From Home: Shedding Light On The Unseen Lives Of Afghan Refugees In India (opens in a new tab)
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