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- Director Nurzhamal Karamoldoeva premiered her film “Only Heaven Knows” at the Alternativa Film Festival in Colombia.
- The drama was produced by a majority Kyrgyz team in Chicago in May-June 2024, financed by diaspora donations, and shot in real businesses with mostly non-professional actors.
- Karamoldoeva said intensified ICE raids after filming made the project unsafe for team members with uncertain residency status and highlighted the invisibility of Chicago’s Kyrgyz community.
