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Life is a Gift (Zoom 2011)
Follow a Deaf Afghan immigrant’s fight for asylum.
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Short film (2011). A dramatisation of a true story about a Deaf Afghan’s fight for asylum. After Babur (played by Ali Buhdeima) has two requests for asylum rejected, he tries one last time with the help of a local support group. Will he be allowed to stay? Directed by Rinkoo Barpaga as part of the BSLBT’s Zoom short filmmaking scheme.
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