Synopsis
In 1992, the multi-ethinc city of Banja Luka, Bosnia, was invaded by militant Serb forces. Fearing for their children`s lives, Emir and Aida Vajraca sent their 15 year-old daughter and 6 year-old son to safety in the nearby Croatia. Eleven months later, Aida followed, leaving behind her husband and home. Forced out of his own house, and under constant threat of "ethnic cleansing", Emir struggled to save the country he loved by joining a humanitarian organization dedicated to bringing aid to prisoners of war and helping people escape from the nearby concentration camps. In 1996, with the signing of a peace treaty, Banja Luka was handed over to the Serbs. Defeated, Emir left and joined his family, living in America. In 2003, inspired by the peomise of reconciliation, the Vajracas return to Bosnia to reclaim their family home. What begins as an innocent journey into their history quickly changes to a nightmare. The country has changed, the landscape is ravaged, many inhabitants have fled. People living there now are surviving through a mixture of cunning, force, and luck. Shot in the style of cinema verite and interlaced with personal accounts, Back to Bosnia followes the Vajraca family, as they discover what kind of life begins, when a war is over.