When I graduated from upper secondary school I wanted to wear a light green dress. According to tradition in Sweden all girls wear white dresses. It is an old tradition and not that many people are strict about it anymore. Pappa told me I had to wear white. So to not stick out. I wore a white dress. My friends all wore light pink, light yellow, light blue or light green.
Homeland investigates my personal belonging, by looking at the relationship I have with my family and my national identity. The project is a slightly comical comment on traditional absurdities, but yet a serious reflection on the difficulties of assimilating in to a new society. As a second-generation immigrant I have seen my father trying desperately to integrate in Sweden that he almost became more Swedish than the Swedes, which has in some cases influenced my idea of myself.
