Name Me Lawand (2022)
A documentary about a young deaf Kurdish boy and his family who move to the UK so he, and they, can learn to communicate. It quite delicately touches on so many themes from family, community, acceptance, self determination, pride, to ableism, displacement, hostile immigration policy, and other systemic barriers. I cried throughout.
Looks really interesting.
In terms of mood does it leave you feeling hopeful by the end, or is it more sombre?
Yeah, it was on late and I wasn't sure I'd stay awake, but I was instantly drawn in..
I don't want to spoil too much, I will say that the last tears I cried were happy tears, but I was also left feeling my usual rage at the state of the world and how unnecessary all the suffering is.. But there is a lot of love and solidarity in the film, and there are definitely positive feelings left too, but just like the experiences being documented, it's a real journey..
Thanks, that sounds like a good documentary. Adding it to my list now!