Dalya's Other Country

Year: 2017
Description: Follows Dalya for four years after she immigrates to Los Angeles with her mother and brother during the Syrian civil war and learns to adjust to being the only Muslim in her private Catholic high school.
Director: Meltzer, Julia
Producer: Meltzer, Julia; Zeno, Mustafa Rony
Cinematographer: Etheridge, Anne
Editor: Hollander, Catherine
Production Team: Other Country Films and American Documentary/POV
Genre: Documentary
Language: Arabic and English with English subtitles
Media Format: 1 DVD (75 min.) or 1 streaming video (75 min.)
Type: Color
Additional Content: The DVD includes a 13-min. version of the film and the 58-min. television broadcast version.
A discussion guide is available.
Production Notes: Broadcast on the PBS television series POV on June 6, 2017.
Updated: 11-17-2022

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