From Here (2020)

From Here is a hopeful story of Tania Sonny Miman and Akim artists and activists based in Berlin and New York whose lives and futures hang in the balance of immigration and integration debates As the US and Germany grapple with racism nationalism and a fight against diversity our protagonists move from their 20s into their 30s and face major turning points in their lives fighting for citizenship starting families and finding room for creative expression Spanning a decade in two of the worlds largest centers of immigration this sensitive and nuanced documentary captures their journeys to define what it means to belong in societies that are increasingly hostile to their existence