Nowhere in Africa
“One family's tale of a homeland lost... and a homeland found.”
Drama
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.
VIBE
A poignant journey of displacement and resilience. It captures the quiet strength found in adapting to new worlds, the bittersweet ache of lost homes, and the enduring bonds of family against a backdrop of profound change.
melancholichopefulresilientnostalgicslow-burnhistorical dramacharacter-drivennaturalisticadaptationcultural displacementfamilyidentity
farmmarriage crisisloss of loved oneemigrationworld war iinational socialismonly childkenyacapturewoman directoremigrant
