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Besties Anna and Angel bridge the gap between cultures, creating a new reality where Faroese and Kenyan blend into one.
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The beauty of transcultural friendship
The beauty of transcultural friendship
Documentary portrays the strong bond between two friends, one from Kenya and one from the Faroes
Angel Nashami, who has lived in the Faroes for eight years, visits her home in Kenya together with her Faroese friend
24.10.2023 - 05:30
"Ein annar veruleiki" (”A different reality”), a new documentary produced by KvF’s youth team Biit, will premiere tonight on KvF’s TV channel.
The film follows two besties, Angel Nashami and Anna Joensen-Næs, on their trip to Kenya.
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Having lived in the Faroes for eight years, Angel returns to her home country to visit friends and family, and she has brought along her best friend Anna.
Through interviews, we learn about who Angel was before she moved to the Faroes.
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We learn about the differences between Faroese and Kenyan cultures.
How does it feel to introduce your bestie to your distant home country and share a part of your identity that she has never seen before?
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The documentary offers a glimpse into how young people from both cultures live and learn together.
Angel's story is a reminder of the challenges that immigrants and people of colour face when they move to a new country.
Angel often had to suppress her feelings of alienation and isolation in order to fit in.
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Watch the documentary on KvF’s TV channel tonight at 7.30pm or stream it here (the narration is in Faroese and there are no English subtitles).
If you want to watch it on demand later, you should be able to find it here. If it’s not there within a couple of days, just leave a Facebook comment and we’ll post a link.
Read the Faroese version of this article here.
English version by prosa.fo.
More Faroese News in English.
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