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American Arab
Kabuki AMC
Saturday, Mar 15, 2014 12:20 PM
AMERICAN ARAB is a mosaic of personal stories, from hate crimes to hope, punk rock to arty docs, that drives you to think about American and world realities, and helps you see them more clearly. AMERICAN ARAB is an important document and beacon of hope for a community and people too often misunderstood, with disastrous consequences.
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General Admission General - $12.00
General Admission Student/Senior/Disabled - $11.00

 
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American = Friend. Arab = Enemy. But what if you’re both? Who are you to America now? Who are you to yourself? Director Usama Alshaibi (NICE BOMBS) explores the complicated issues of Arab American identity post-9/11. Most are familiar with the hate crimes and racist paranoia that still surround the Arab American community, but Alshaibi focuses his lens on personal stories to create a mosaic of experiences that illuminate a pressured reality: a defiant mixed-race Arab American punk musician; a little girl who has seen the horrors of war, but doesn’t know who Osama bin Laden is; a hijab-wearing woman who is attacked in a grocery store; and the filmmaker’s own life. His passage through America begins with racial epithets and the death of his brother from drugs — the all-American “poison.” It ends with the birth of his daughter, whose middle name, Cinema, might as well be Hope. AMERICAN ARAB is a gift, an important document and beacon of hope for a community and people too often misunderstood, with disastrous consequences.
Film Info
Year:2013
Language:English