Destination America : Breaking Free: A Women's Journey (2005)
Directed by Chana Gazit
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
Conclusion. "Breaking Free: A Woman's Journey" explores reasons why women have sought refuge and opportunity in the U.S. Included: a Guatemalan fleeing domestic abuse who has requested asylum; an Iranian who left her well-to-do husband in 1955 because she sought independence and whose two daughters were later active (in different ways) in Iranian politics; an Italian immigrant who built a life for herself in Chicago after leaving her abusive husband in the 1890s. Blair Brown narrates.