Virtual Screening and Discussion of Flee

Our panelists discuss Flee, an animated documentary about a young man's odyssey escaping Afghanistan with his mother and siblings. Twenty years later, he grapples with how his traumatic past will affect his future in Denmark and the life he is building with his soon-to-be husband. The film received the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is shortlisted for the 2022 Academy Awards for both Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature.

Speakers
Nazanin Ash
CEO, Welcome.US; Former Vice President, Global Policy and Advocacy, International Rescue Committee

Palwasha Hassan
Senior Fellow, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security

Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Filmmaker and Director, Flee
Presider
Anne C. Richard
Afghanistan Coordination Lead and Distinguished Fellow, Freedom House; Former Assistant Secretary, Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State (2012–2017); CFR Member


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