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Back to Bosnia

Back to Bosnia
Directed bySabina Vajrača
Written bySabina Vajrača
Produced byAlison Hanson
Sabina Vajrača
StarringSabina Vajrača
Distributed byAlternate Plan Productions
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
LanguageBosnian / Serbian / English

Back to Bosnia (Bosnian: Na put Bosne (kući)) is a documentary film that shows the uphill battle that refugees face when trying to return to Bosnia, or even just to reclaim their properties.[1][2]

It shows not only the problems that Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) face, but also the problems of Bosnian Serb refugees that moved to other parts of Bosnia. In addition it takes viewers to the sites of some of the worst atrocities in the second half of the 20th century and the investigations of these crimes.[3]

The film marked the debut of writer and director Sabina Vajrača.[4]

Plot outline

Back to Bosnia is a documentary film about a family who returns to Bosnia in 2001, to reclaim the property they were forced out of at gun point. While there, the family is confronted with the destruction of their city's multi-ethnic character and forced to examine the community they left behind. They witness an exhumation, visit the sites of war crimes, and seek out the remnants of a city that was once their home, as well as confront those that forced them out.

References

  1. ^ "AFI FEST 2020 - BACK TO BOSNIA (NA PUT KUCHI, U TUDJINU)".
  2. ^ "A decade after war, film follows Bosnian family back home". St. Louis Public Radio. November 18, 2005.
  3. ^ Leydon, Joe (2006-05-31). "Back to Bosnia". Variety. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  4. ^ "Back to Bosnia". IMDB. 2006-05-31. Retrieved 2023-02-14.