In August of 1945 the director's great grandfather Giovanni Pietro Faoro, an Italian immigrant, drowned in the Harlem River - a result of undetermined circumstances. His body was discovered near the corner of East 127th street and what’s now Harlem River Drive.

East 127th Street & Harlem River

Helena was five years old when the Kosovo War began in February of 1998. She and her family were forced to flee their homes as Serbian soldiers swept the countryside, massacring ethnic Albanians and destroying their land. «Days of War» is a meditation on these experiences of war and displacement.