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Boiling Pot (Feature Film) - Directed by: Omar Ashmawey
Boiling Pot is a film based on true events of racism that happened on college campuses across the nation in 2008. The film was shot entirely in Orange County, CA and film stars Oscar winner Louis Gossett, Jr., Emmy winner Keith David, Boy Meets World's Danielle Fishel, John Heard from Home Alone, Emmet Walsh from Blade Runner, and many more. Boiling Pot explores racism in a way never before seen on screen as it challenges the viewer to delve into their own thoughts, beliefs, and possibly racist mindsets.
Four students drag a black student through the woods. They hang a noose on a barren tree and lynch him. It is October 2008. Downtown, Detective Haven (Louis Gossett Jr.) and FBI Agent Long (Keith David) interrogate four students about the lynching: Rose Torrance (Davetta Sherwood), Garret Perrin (Matthew Koenig), Valerie Davis (Danielle Fishel), and Hazem Seif (Ibrahim Ashmawey).
In the backdrop of the presidential election, a group of college students find themselves embroiled in violence. What began as isolated incidents of nooses hung on campus escalates into blatantly racist fraternity parties and, ultimately, a series of racially-instigated murders. In a consciously-shifting society, where modern-day racism and racial tensions have seeped into all cultures white, black, Middle Eastern, Asian the characters come to the harsh reality that there are no "sides" in life, and that if pushed far enough, everyone is racist.
Starring: Ibrahim Ashmawey, Matthew Koenig, John Heard, Keith David, Louis Gossett Jr., Davetta Sherwood, M. Emmet Walsh, Sayed Badreya
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LocationEdward Westpark 8 Theatre
3735 Alton Pkwy, Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 92606
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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