Gjinovci: The diaspora holds tightly to an idea of home that no longer exists
Director of the film “The Beauty of the Donkey,” Dea Gjinovci unfolds the motivation behind making a movie based on her father’s story.
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He told me, "It feels like I have two pictures in my head — the picture of the past, of houses that were there and aren't anymore, and all these new houses, new places I don't recognize. I feel like a stranger in my own land."
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It was a wild kind of casting; we didn't over-prepare people.
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I think it's what gives the film its power, this idea that through it we're trying, somehow, to commemorate and repair.
Photography: Ferdi Limani / K2.0
Photography: Ferdi Limani / K2.0
You can see a real difference in mentality between those who are part of the diaspora and those who are here, moving with the country.
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Uran Haxha
Uran Haxha is a journalist at K2.0, covering the economy, with a primary focus on energy, the environment, and climate change. He has worked for several local media outlets. He studied marketing and management.
This story was originally written in English.