November 18th at 7:30pm
Main Hall
Advance Screening of
The Interpreters
with Filmmakers
Andres Caballero &
Sofian Khan post screening
November 18th at 7:30pm
Sponsored in part by
The Interpreters follows the lives of Iraqi and Afghan interpreters,
and the American veterans they worked with. In many cases, interpreters
face danger in their countries because of their affiliation with the US
war effort. This is the story of how they are rebuilding their lives.
About the Filmmakers
Sofian Khan
Sofian is the founder of Capital K Pictures— a New York-based production company focusing on documentary work. His
shorts have appeared on Field of Vision, The Fader, Al Jazeera, PBS,
Fusion, The Atlantic and Huffington Post. He is a 2016 MacArthur
Documentary Grant recipient for his film The Interpreters,
currently in post-production. The film, following the stories of Afghan
and Iraqi interpreters who worked with the US forces, is being finished
with support from ITVS.
Sofian’s first feature, The Dickumentary
(2014)— a definitive history of the penis from its evolution millions of
years ago, to today— was acquired by Breaking Glass Pictures in the US,
and made its festival premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival. His second
feature, Gaucho del Norte (2015), was released shortly after,
co-directed with producing partner Andrés Caballero. The film was a
Jerome Foundation grant recipient, following South American shepherds
who are recruited to work in the American west. It premiered at the 2015
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, and afterwards aired on PBS’ America
ReFramed series.
Currently, Sofian is producing An Act of Worship, based on a short film about the travel ban that he co-directed for Field of Vision with Nausheen Dadabhoy. The
feature length documentary has received support from the Ford
Foundation, the Islamic Scholarship Fund and Mountainfilm’s commitment
grant.
Andrés Caballero
Andrés is a public radio producer, journalist and documentary
filmmaker. He produced a series for StoryCorps, recording the stories of
military personnel who served in post 9/11 conflicts. Andres is a
former NPR/Above the Fray fellow, where he reported stories from
Cameroon, including the refugee spillover from the Central African
Republic. He’s a former producer for Latino USA and his stories appeared
on NPR’s Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, PBS and print publications
across the US. He co-directed Gaucho del Norte (2015), an
observational documentary that follows the journey of a Patagonian
immigrant sheepherder recruited to work in the American west, and is
also a 2016 MacArthur Documentary Grant recipient for The Interpreter.