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Features Submitted photos The documentary “A New Home,” which currently streams on Amazon Prime, tells the story of the migration of Bosnian people to St. Louis.
A local filmmaker’s new documentary tells the story of the migration of Bosnian people to the St. Louis area By Wendy Todd After the success of his first documentary, “America’s Last Little Italy: The Hill” about the St. Louis Italian-American neighborhood, filmmaker Joseph Puelo, was looking for a new idea. He remembered the many people who would come up to him in his neighborhood in St. Charles, and suggest doing a documentary on the migration of Bosnian people to St. Louis. St. Louis has the largest population of Bosnian people outside of Europe. A population of over 70,000 Bosnian people has developed in St. Louis since 1993 when many began relocating to the region to due to an ethnic war in their country and the former
Yugoslavia. Puelo realized how significant the subject is and began chronicling the experience in his second documentary, “A New Home,” which currently streams on Amazon Prime. “After meeting with many people in the Bosnian community and hearing their stories,” Puelo said, “I began to understand how I could shape the film and became incredibly excited at the opportunity.” Director and producer, Puelo, consulted with author, Patrick McCarthy whose book, “Bosnian St. Louis, Between Two Worlds” explores the Bosnian experience in St. Louis and was released last October, for historical
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