Documentary
While millions of birds migrate freely in the skies above, Fadia, a Palestinian refugee stranded in Lebanon, yearns for the ancestral homeland she is denied. When a chance meeting introduces her to the director, Sarah, she challenges her to find an ancient mulberry tree that once grew next to her grandfather’s house in historic Palestine, a tree that stands witness to her family’s existence.
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1985
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IMDB 5 | Dec , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2019
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2021
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