Director / Writer Dana Ziyasheva Talks About 'Defenders of Life'
Director Dana Ziyasheva made her directorial debut, 'Defenders of Life' which focuses on the Ngäbe community, and the hardships Ngäbe girls faced in Costa Rica.

To walk in Oblivion and remember their time when memory flows like a running river. Arne and Erik have become good friends in the grief and the realization that Oblivion struck. For Arne, music becomes a comfort when memory fails and he does not know where his wife lives. Erik meets Britta and their hands meet in incipient love. They are some of the people who live at Blackeberg's dementia nursing home.
Director Dana Ziyasheva made her directorial debut, 'Defenders of Life' which focuses on the Ngäbe community, and the hardships Ngäbe girls faced in Costa Rica.
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