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Traces of Home

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In Traces of Home, in Co-Production with Kartemquin Films and funded by Latino Public Broadcasting and the Sundance Film Institute, filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. What begins as a desire to connect to Colette's cultural origins reveals an internal quest to heal her disconnect with her parents, and, ultimately, with herself.

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Alan Ng Film Threat In Traces of Home, our past has a way of resurfacing no matter how hard we try to bury it. Only by confronting those old wounds can we find a new path to walk together. Rated: 8/10 Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Lapacazo Magrira Sandoval New York Amsterdam News It’s a stunning debut for filmmaker Colette Ghunim. Nov 21, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Colette Ghunim

Director

Sara Maamouri

Producer

Dan Rybicky

Producer

Capella Fahoome

Producer

Dena Takruri

Executive Producer

Keith Wilson

Executive Producer
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Synopsis In Traces of Home, in Co-Production with Kartemquin Films and funded by Latino Public Broadcasting and the Sundance Film Institute, filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. What begins as a desire to connect to Colette's cultural origins reveals an internal quest to heal her disconnect with her parents, and, ultimately, with herself.
Director
Colette Ghunim
Producer
Sara Maamouri, Dan Rybicky, Capella Fahoome
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 33m