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Flee
He'd never told anyone the whole story, not even the man he loves. This is what it sounds like when someone finally does.
Who it's for
Flee is structured around the act of telling: Amin, now a successful academic in Denmark, tells a school friend the full story of his escape from Afghanistan for the first time, and the film lets us see how hard that is.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Flee is an animated documentary by Jonas Poher Rasmussen that combines animation with archival footage. Rasmussen interviews his high school friend Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), a gay Afghan refugee, who tells for the first time the full story he has kept hidden, even from his boyfriend Kasper.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A father taken away and human smuggling.
Age: PG-13 (MPAA)
One ever feels his twoness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings;W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter 1
