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This is home : a refugee story / a Gidalya Pictures production ; in association with Blumhouse ; a film by Alexandra Shiva ; directed and produced by Alexandra Shiva ; produced by Lindsey Megrue ; directed by Alexandra Shiva.

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2018]

©2018

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

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This film puts a human face on the global refugee crisis by providing an intimate portrait of four Syrian refugee families arriving in the US and struggling to find their footing. With only eight months of help from the International Rescue Committee to become self-sufficient, they must forge ahead to rebuild their lives in a new home: Baltimore, Maryland. They attend cultural orientation classes and job training sessions where they must "learn America" -- everything from how to take public transportation to negotiating new gender roles.

10 - 12, College, Adults.

Social work with immigrants -- United States.

Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Refugees.

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects.

Documentary films.

Shiva, Alexandra, film director, film producer.

Megrue, Lindsey, film producer.

Bullfrog Films, distributor.

Gidalya Pictures, production company.

Blumhouse Productions, production company.

Title in Arabic: Hādhā baytouna

Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.

Filmed on location in Baltimore, Maryland.

Editor, Toby Shimin ; director of photography, Laela Kilbourn ; original music, T. Griffin ; executive producers, Princess Firyal of Jordan, Jason Blum, Patty Quillin.

DVD.

In English and Arabic with optional English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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