Nowhere in Africa
Both epic and heartbreakingly intimate,Nowhere in Africabegins  with a Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich fleeing Nazi Germany with her  daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At  first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances (she brought  with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown), while Regina adapts  readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook,  an African named Owuor. But this is only the beginning of a series of  uprootings, and as the surface of their lives is torn away, Walter and  Jettel find they have little in common, and must--under tumultuous  circumstances--build their marriage anew. With incredible skill and  passion,Nowhere in Africamanages to bring you fully into every  change in this family's life; it richly deserves the Academy Award® it  received in 2002. A powerful, deeply moving film.--Bret Fetzer