In a crumbling Soviet Union, the Petrosyan family are outcasts—wherever they go. Armenian heritage marks them for discrimination both at home in Azerbaijan and in Russia. Based on a riveting true story of faith and hope set amidst great oppression … in the shadow of exile, hope became their home.
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00:00Were you or your family victims of direct acts of violence?
00:07Open your eyes. The Soviet Union is crumbling.
00:10We can't just leave. This is our home.
00:13Is it?
00:14Some men came by yesterday evening asking for the names of all the Armenian children.
00:19Did you call the police?
00:20The police don't care what happened to us.
00:22The world is changing all around you, yet you fail to see it.
00:31Communism failed me. They left my people to die in the streets.
00:37A life lived without constant fear should be the most basic human right.
00:43Why are you so nice to us?
00:45Jesus was a refugee to you.
00:47I was born into communism. I did not have a choice what I was born into.
00:51But I chose Jesus.
00:52And I chose this country.
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