‘Something Familiar’ Is a Journey Into Family Bonds and Trauma That Usurps Narratives About Romanian Orphans (Exclusive CPH:DOX Trailer)

Rachel Taparjan's first feature, debuting at Copenhagen, sees the director and another woman returning to the orphanage where ...

‘Something Familiar’ Director on Her Very Personal Hybrid Doc About Overcoming Trauma and Giving Herself “the Gift of the Archetypal Mother”

Rachel Taparjan discusses her debut feature, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, trauma-informed filmmaking and why Western ...
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The Father to the Fatherless Sang a New Song over Me

Abandoned at birth, I grew up in Romanian orphanages. Today I lead Eastern Europe’s largest Christian music festival. I was born in Romania in 1989, just nine months before the Communist dictatorship ...