Seventy years ago, on January 5, 1951, Mitka Kalinski boarded a plane, heading to his new home in America. Only two years before, he had been freed by American GIs from seven years of slavery…
Read MoreMy name is, Jordan Roper and I’m a film composer. I first heard Mitka Kalinski’s amazing story from my aunt Luana, whose daughter had heard Mitka speak at a high school in Elko, Nevada. Luana, was inspired by her daughter’s retelling of Mitka’s life…
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