Robert Budina: Filmmaker Whose Risky Escape from Albania Shaped His Work

The son of an army general in communist Albania, Robert Budina was part of the student protests that helped bring down the regime, only to flee to Italy on an overcrowded boat. The experience has informed his work ever since.

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