Meet the Makers | From Here | Shorts | What It Means To Belong #greek #albanian #prejudice #shorts

Filmmaker Christina Antonakos-Wallace tells a personal story of being judged on her looks and language when abroad, and how that moment in time informed her decision to share the global experiences of the people in her film, FROM HERE.

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