Amandla Stenberg Is a Biracial Teen Growing Up During the Holocaust in 'Where Hands Touch' Trailer

Amandla Stenberg revisits a horrifying chapter in history in her upcoming movie,Where Hands Touch.

“She’s a character who is experiencing life at many different intersections,” Stenberg says in a featurette for the movie, also exclusive to PEOPLE. “She’s at a really weird intersection in time considering World War II, and considering who she is as a biracial girl growing up in Hitler’s Germany.”

Asante tells PEOPLE that “being born and raised in Europe, and of African descent” made her want to take on the project.

“I realized a long time ago that the histories of Black people in Europe were never really told,” she says. “Our existence at certain crucial times in history has rarely been acknowledged along with the variety of our experiences, and identities never really given prominence on the big screen.”

Courtesy of TIFF

Where Hands Touchmakes its world premiere this week at the Toronto International Film Festival. It opens in theaters September 14.

source: people.com