Stranger from Within
Director Sonja Bertucci
Countries United States
Duration 77 min
Synopsis
After years of absence, the filmmaker returns to Kosovo, the birthplace of her Serbian mother, to document the Serbian communities in this region grappling with a history marked by war, trauma, and poverty. She embarks on a journey for a little girl in Serbia who is afraid to go to Kosovo and records her encounters with the Serbian Kosovars, their daily struggles and joys, their fears and their hopes, their memories and their outlook for the future.
After years of absence, the filmmaker returns to Kosovo, the birthplace of her Serbian mother, to document the Serbian communities in this region grappling with a history marked by war, trauma, and poverty. She embarks on a journey for a little girl in Serbia who is afraid to go to Kosovo and records her encounters with the Serbian Kosovars, their daily struggles and joys, their fears and their hopes, their memories and their outlook for the future.