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Perista

  • Director: Kim Weiner
  • Type: Shorts
  • Year: 2011
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Length: 6 minutes

Theodora, grandmother to the filmmaker, recounts the story of her childhood in Greece during WWII. She fled with her sisters and mother to the mountain village of Perista. There, they struggled to survive and outlast the war.

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