School-Houses in Kosovo during the 1990s

Overview

The film documents the “school-house” (house-school) system in Kosovo during the 1990s, when Albanian language education was suppressed by the regime and students and teachers were barred from official school premises. Private homes, garages, basements, etc., were converted into schools to continue education in Albanian. It includes first-hand accounts from young people today, who for the first time are confronted with and reflecting on that history and how those experiences shaped identity, memory, and resistance.