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Amin Nawabi's character in the animated documentary Flee. EF NEON hide caption
Amin Nawabi's character in the animated documentary Flee.
EF NEONThe film Flee has already made Oscars history: it's the first to be nominated for best documentary, animated feature and international film.
Flee tells the story of a boy whose family left Afghanistan in the 1990s.
Now an adult and identified by an alias to protect him and his family, Amin Nawabi reveals a painful secret about his childhood journey to Denmark—a secret he has told almost no one.
The film opens with the question: "What does the word 'home' mean to you?"
Nawabi gives NPR his first interview with a news outlet, along with the director of "Flee," Jonas Poher Rasmussen.
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This episode was produced by Mia Venkat and Michael Levitt. It was edited by Fatma Tanis and Sarah Handel. Our executive producer is Cara Tallo.
