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This program highlights narratives from the Arab diaspora in the United States, exploring questions of belonging, culture, family, and generational identity.
An Arab American boy is awoken to his family's otherness when he is alerted to his father's thick accent. Once it has been heard, he cannot be unheard.
Director's Biography
Ramiel Petros is a writer and director based in NY and LA. His work has played at numerous festivals, as well as being selected as a semi-finalist for the Student Academy Awards and shortlisted for the Student BAFTA Awards. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and was a Creative Culture Fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center. Ramiel is currently in production on a documentary feature.
Director's Statement:
Growing up as an Iraqi American, being different was often something you felt before you could fully understand it. As a child, there were small moments when the outside world suddenly made me aware that my family was seen as “other.”
This program highlights narratives from the Arab diaspora in the United States, exploring questions of belonging, culture, family, and generational identity.
An Arab American boy is awoken to his family's otherness when he is alerted to his father's thick accent. Once it has been heard, he cannot be unheard.
Director's Biography
Ramiel Petros is a writer and director based in NY and LA. His work has played at numerous festivals, as well as being selected as a semi-finalist for the Student Academy Awards and shortlisted for the Student BAFTA Awards. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and was a Creative Culture Fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center. Ramiel is currently in production on a documentary feature.
Director's Statement:
Growing up as an Iraqi American, being different was often something you felt before you could fully understand it. As a child, there were small moments when the outside world suddenly made me aware that my family was seen as “other.”