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This Is Home: A Refugee Story

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Four Syrian families struggle to find their way in America.
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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Apr 12, 2018
[A] heartwarming if conventional portrait of four refugee Syrian families navigating new lives in Baltimore. Go to Full Review
Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter Jan 22, 2018
Even with this remarkable degree of access ... the film still lacks a distinct sense of drama. Go to Full Review
Guy Lodge Variety Jan 22, 2018
Moves no needles cinematically or politically, but makes a heartening call for open-armed empathy in an America still guarded on that front. Go to Full Review
Phil Guie Film-Forward.com Mar 25, 2019
2/5
The film constantly jumps from subject to subject, rarely lingering long enough for the scenes to have an impact. Go to Full Review
Amelie Lasker FF2 Media Aug 26, 2018
4.5/5
This Is Home's creators, a team of mostly women, have wrought an intimate story of the four families and their new American lives, a story which gives essential attention to the larger implications of the Syrian refugee crisis. Go to Full Review
Eve MacSweeney Vogue Jun 22, 2018
Shiva, in this quiet, thoughtful film, has given us a gift in laying bare the extremity of their transition. The more she illuminates the nuances, the better we see. Go to Full Review
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Coby N @Coby00 Feb 2, 2020 Heart warming, eye opening, a must watch. See more
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Alexandra Shiva

Director

Jason Blum

Executive Producer

Princess Firyal of Jordan

Executive Producer

Patty Quillin

Executive Producer

Lindsey Megrue

Producer

Alexandra Shiva

Producer

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Movie Info

Synopsis Four Syrian families struggle to find their way in America.
Director
Alexandra Shiva
Producer
Lindsey Megrue, Alexandra Shiva
Genre
Documentary
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 20, 2018
Runtime
1h 31m
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