Act I: Found
Special | 2m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Zhalarina finds clandestine love at school to the dismay and alarm of her mother Diji.
Zhalarina, the protagonist of this autobiographical story, grows stronger and more confident as a writer and performer when a girl at school changes everything. The girl becomes her clandestine muse until Zhalarina’s mother Diji — coping with the pressures of parenthood and determined to do right by her daughter — imposes drastic measures to forbid the relationship.
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The Light is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Funding for The Light is provided in part by Steven Vedro and Beverly Gordon, and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.
Act I: Found
Special | 2m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Zhalarina, the protagonist of this autobiographical story, grows stronger and more confident as a writer and performer when a girl at school changes everything. The girl becomes her clandestine muse until Zhalarina’s mother Diji — coping with the pressures of parenthood and determined to do right by her daughter — imposes drastic measures to forbid the relationship.
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The Light is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Funding for The Light is provided in part by Steven Vedro and Beverly Gordon, and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.