Jul 24, 2014
75 min
Full-HD

Once My Mother (2014)

Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her mother's wartime escape from a Siberian gulag, leaving Sophia to confront her own capacity for forgiveness.

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History Documentary War Family

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Ukraine Australia Poland

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