Like others I was really surprised by this movie. Having grown up when Ethiopian refugees were fleeing this brutal military junta and their senseless famine that included countless deaths. One of the worst humanitarian crises of the 1980s, and if we look to world events today it's happening again in nearby Tigray in East Africa with war and famine. I appreciated the story telling white or not white. It spoke to the "heart" or love between friends that helps keep the human spirit going amidst loss, hardship and suffering. Watch this film and I dare you not to see the compassion and hope that fills the screen. As the film suggests, all people have a story, whether fleeing or homeless. It's a good reminder that we need to listen and be open- try to be caring to those who have lost or left everything.