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Verzio FF Submission Rodaan al Galidi emigrated to the Netherlands from Iraq. For more than seven years he waited in vain for a residence permit and to escape deportation he went into hiding in a small room where he taught himself Dutch and started writing novels and poems, some of which have won pr...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Dutch |
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Van der Hoop Filmproductions
2009
Netherlands |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:faac2e9d-7a5b-4ce0-ba14-828a459efaa4 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF Submission
Rodaan al Galidi emigrated to the Netherlands from Iraq. For more than seven years he waited in vain for a residence permit and to escape deportation he went into hiding in a small room where he taught himself Dutch and started writing novels and poems, some of which have won prizes. By the time a General Pardon was finally announced, Rodaan had had enough of the Netherlands and left for Belgium to start a new, possibly legal life. A story of a man's quest for freedom from fear, this film presents the defenselessness of illegal migrants. |
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| Published: | 2009 |