This Is Home: A Refugee Story
Jan 20, 2018 | IMDB 6.3
91 min Watch NowDocumentary
The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-sufficient in eight months.
Documentary
The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-sufficient in eight months.
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