Flee: Using animation to protect an Afghans identity

Published: Dec. 10, 2021, 9:30 p.m.

Documentarian Jonas Poher Rasmussen long wanted to tell the story of his friend, who fled Afghanistan as a child and ended up alone in a Danish town. But that friend didn\u2019t want his identity revealed, and there was no footage of his journey. The answer was animation. Rasmussen\u2019s movie \u201cFlee\u201d is now Denmark\u2019s Oscar submission for Best International Film.\xa0