Nickel Updated on May 21, 2024

Neighbour Abdi

DIRECTOR: Douwe Dijkstra • Netherlands • 29 minutes

Somali-born Abdi, now a furniture designer and support-worker in the Netherlands, teams up with his filmmaker and special effects expert neighbor to reenact his tumultuous past marked by war, violence and crime. Using special effects and reconstructions, they explore Abdi's painful history in a playful and revealing way.

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