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Nowhere in Africa

Where:

🇰🇪 Kenya

When:

The 1930s The 1940s

One family's tale of a homeland lost... and a homeland found. — A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.

Released in 2001 — 140 minutes

Genre:

Drama

Languages:

English German Swahili