Children often become casualties of wars they inherit and can’t escape.
Back Home Tomorrow focuses on two children who confront changed lives in very different circumstances after becoming victims of war-torn environments. Yagoub has fled Darfur to the Mayo refugee camp in Khartoum, Sudan, with his family.
The teen is in dire need of a heart operation to save his life, and his family and tribe are faced with the seemingly insurmountable challenge of raising the money needed for his surgery. His life hinges on medical access that is beyond the means of his community.
Hope arrives through Emergency, an independent Italian NGO that provides free surgical treatment to civilian victims of war, land mines, and poverty.
In Kabul, Emergency helps Murtaza, a seven-year old boy who has lost his left hand to a land mine. We see the hospital and rehabilitation centre through this innocent child’s point of view, while watching the victims of war struggle to regain their independence. Both stories are interwoven to provide a rich experience of hope provided to the most vulnerable.
Directors Fabrizio Lazzaretti and Paolo Santolini share the silent aftermath of war and, through the recovery of these victims, a plea for peace.
Program Notes by Alex Rogalski
