Event
Phatwa (11min) / Salt of This Sea (109min)
Phatwa
Narcy is an Arab in the West and a Hip Hop artist trying to make it in the rap game. When he tries to board a flight to New York with his friend, Yushua, to perform at a music festival, Narcy is stopped by an ignorant and zealous security agent. In the style of the epic music video, PHATWA will make you laugh, bob your head and question the role of Americans and Arabs in a post 9/11 world.
Salt of This Sea
Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of "returning" to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own internal anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it is illegal.
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LocationWriters Guild of America Theater
135 South Doheny Drive
Beverly Hills, CA
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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