Revered Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah (“Monsoon Wedding”) has joined the Oscar-qualifying documentary “Far From Home” as ...
“No one chooses to be a refugee. Circumstances beyond their control force people to flee their country, and this can happen to anyone,” said Babucar, 18 from The Gambia, in addressing a large and ...
EXCLUSIVE: The New Yorker has acquired Rovina's Choice — a short documentary about the real-world impact of Pres. Trump's decision to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) – ...
The 34th Annual Whitaker International Film Festival (SLIFF) returns November 6–16 with screenings across the region and an extremely relevant theme: “Film Without Borders.” “At a time when division ...
When Rodas Tewelde was seven years old, she spent three months in an Eritrean prison. Tewelde’s mother had paid a coyote thousands of dollars to escort her and her three youngest children across the ...
Sisters of Ukraine is a powerful new documentary that follows a group of nuns and volunteers as they escort three dozen refugees on a three-day, 2,500 mile journey across Europe to housing in Spain.
The only heavy-metal band in Iraq. A charter school in the most diverse square mile in America. A letter written by a Maine mayor asking Somalis to keep out. Those are the subjects of three of the six ...
These are some of the people and stories captured by documentary artist James Bowey, formerly of Winona and currently based in Chicago, who will speak and present his exhibit “When Home Won’t Let You ...
CHARLESTON - In anticipation of the upcoming performance of the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars during Celebration weekend, Eastern Illinois University will present a screening of the acclaimed ...
A BBC documentary team follows a Syrian refugee's journey back to his homeland in search of his missing children and ...
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Sharif Aly of the International Refugee Assistance Project about President Trump drastically slashing the number of refugees that can enter the U.S.
An Afghan refugee who is rebuilding her life after fleeing the Taliban has thanked the UK for giving her family sanctuary. Nahid Hamidi and her husband Ahmad were being targeted by the Taliban over ...