In 1944, dictator Enver Hoxha rose to power, sinking Albania into a totalitarian ruin. Amongst the violence and surveillance, two men set off on their own journey of freedom and resistance. Tomor Selenica escaped a labor prison while Alush Lleshanaku advanced in the ranks of one of the largest anti-communist resistance groups. Told from the perspective of historians and living relatives, A Journey to Freedom amplifies the voices of the silenced. A raw, emotional investigation of a history written by the oppressor and now gathered by Director Anisa Selenica, the descendant of these two brave men. This is the story of two families surviving and fighting against a dictatorship, gaining independence both in America and Albania.