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‘Flee’ Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen On 15-Year Journey To Reveal Friend’s Story Of Survival: “I Was Always Curious”

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With voting set to open soon to determine the Oscar documentary shortlist, Flee continues to make a very strong case for recognition.The Neon release from director Jonas Poher Rasmussen won the Gotham Award for Best Documentary Feature on Monday, burnishing an awards run that began with the top prize for international documentary at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.The story, told mostly through animation, centers around Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym used to protect the identity of the real person), who grew up a gender non-conforming kid in Afghanistan.

His father was seized as the Mujahideen took over Kabul after the Soviet exit in 1989. The rest of the family attempted to flee to the West, and Amin became separated from his mother

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