Gypsy Gadji

Documentary work in progress | Poland

Roksana’s early identity was sculpted by two worlds that hardly ever intermingled. At the age of five, after being abandoned by her native Polish mother, her Roma father took care of her. Nowadays in her 30s she could be the perfect bridge between these two almost antagonistic cultures, but instead, she has to fight to belong to either.

As a teaching assistant she puts all of her effort into keeping the Roma kids at school and attempts to emancipate the community from within, but at home she is ultimately alone. Faced with her personal issues she feels trapped, but knows the challenging time has come to move on.