Hemland/ Homeland
a film by Sara Broos, documentary
A young woman escapes the war in Syria and ends up in Sweden.
Music is a way for her to survive and brings her back in dreams and memories to her homeland. Memories related to different songs.Specially one song has follow her all her life, a song by the Norwegian popband A-ha. She grew up with their music in Damaskus and now when she´s in the west suddenly their music has a new meaning and becomes a link between the past and the present. One of her biggest idols is the singer Morten Harket and one day he arrives at her door.
En ung kvinna flyr kriget i Syrien och hamnar i Sverige. Musiken för henne i drömmen tillbaka till hemlandet. Minnena är kopplade till olika låtar. Speciellt en har följt henne genom hela livet och blir en länk mellan det gamla och det nya, en låt av det norska popbandet A-ha.
Credits
Director: Sara Broos
Producer: Sara Broos
Starring Raghad Kanawati & Morten Harket
Camera: Sara Svärdsén, Sara Broos, Simon Olsson,
Kristoffer Andrén, Malek Blacktovich.
Editing: Sara Broos
aSound: Henrik Ohlin/Cloudberry
Subtitles: Marianne Marthy
Post: Pixl Family
Online: Göran Messelt Olson
Grading: Nanna Dalunde
Production Controller Jenny Örnborn
A co-production with SVT / Sveriges Television
With Support from The Swedish Film Institute/
Cecilia Lidin and SVT/ Emelie Persson & Charlotte Gry Madsen
Music: Sirocco, Morten Harket, Peter Kvint, A-ha.
Still Photography Just Loomis.
© Produced by: Broos Film 2015.
Raghad Kanawati and Morten Harket.
Homeland most popular program
on SVT Play in May 2016