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Memory is Our Homeland

29.02.2020

Unearth the remarkable forgotten history of the Polish refugees in East Africa in the 1940s and 50s, and the epic odyssey that brought them there in Memory is Our Homeland at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema.on Sat, Feb 29 at 1:15 PM.

Memory is Our Homeland

What happens to history’s forgotten people? Between 1940 and 1941, over 1,000,000 Catholics and Jews were deported from Soviet-occupied Poland to Siberia. A small fraction soon escaped, embarking on an epic odyssey to refugee camps across East Africa. Follow director Jonathan Durand as he charts the fascinating lost story of this exodus—and the community that flourished in Africa—through the eyes of his grandmother and other survivors across the global Polish diaspora, from Belarus to Montreal to Tanzania. Reflecting on a family history rooted not only in exile, but erasure, this RIDM Festival People’s Choice winner is a deeply personal meditation on memory, identity and longing for homeland.

Stick around for a live Q&A with director Jonathan Durand.

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