A Door to the Sky (Bab Al-Sama Maftouh)
Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre, returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice of Karina chanting the Koran. A powerful friendship develops between the two women as they..
Afghan Dreams
Duniya, Rohila, Nabila, and Arghawan are four Afghan law students at Kabul University. The young women outperformed their male counterparts to be on Kabul University’s first team to compete in the prestigious Willem C...
Cinema Palestine
Director Tim Schwab (Being Osama) was so inspired by the quality and breadth of work being created by Palestinian filmmakers under the most difficult conditions, he decided to document this burgeoning cinema on film. His..
Iraq In Fragments
An opus in two parts, Iraq In Fragments offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities ..
Iraqi Odyssey
Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting 3D documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people su..
Just a Piece of Cloth
Just a Piece of Cloth is a 34-minute documentary that unravels stereotypes perpetuated by the mainstream media about Muslim women. The video features four San Francisco Bay Area Muslim women from diverse backgrounds as t..
Looking for Muhyiddin - Part 1
A man (played by the filmmaker Nacer Khemir) returns home to Tunisia to bury his mother. After the burial, his father gives him an "amana" to be handed to a certain Sheikh named Muhyiddin. Taken by his father's request, ..
Looking for Muhyiddin - Part 2
A man (played by the filmmaker Nacer Khemir) returns home to Tunisia to bury his mother. After the burial, his father gives him an "amana" to be handed to a certain Sheikh named Muhyiddin. Taken by his father's request, ..
The "Other" Threat: Arab/Muslim Immigrants in Europe
It is said that the world changed forever after September 11, 2001—but this isn't necessarily true for people living in Europe. Most Europeans still consider immigration to be a greater threat than terrorism. In a sub..