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Article: SARAJEVO: On film and in life, tales of a city once besieged
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- Charleston Gazette
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- January 13, 2000
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Annette Zavareei saw the film "Welcome to Sarajevo" soon after it
came out in 1997, two years after she spent a summer working in
Bosnian refugee camps.
"I thought it was incredibly accurate," said Zavareei, a
counselor who since her visit has helped about 20 Bosnians immigrate
to the United States. "I felt like I was back in the refugee camps
listening to conversations. It showed the same kind of cynicism and
morbid humor."
Zavareei will say a few words when the Unitarian-Universalist
Fellowship of the Kanawha Valley Film Festival presents the movie at
7 p.m. Friday.
"It was incredible," Zavareei said of the rumors that would
circulate around the refugee camps. "Sometimes you'd hear stories ...