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201535 minPG-13documentary

Qirim

201535 minPG-13documentary

Three generations of Crimean Tatars recount their experiences from the 1944 deportation to life in Crimea under occupation.

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Three generations of Crimean Tatars recount their experiences from the 1944 deportation to life in Crimea under occupation.

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Ksenia Giornodirector

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Three generations of Crimean Tatars share their experiences in Crimea. Some recall the deportation of 1944, while others returned in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The film follows their lives as they navigate a new family dynamic under Russian control. Personal stories unfold against the backdrop of historical displacement and cultural survival in Ukrainian Crimea.

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