American Arab (film)

American Arab
Directed by	Usama Alshaibi
Country	United States
Language	English

American Arab is a 2013 documentary film by Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi. The film follows the personal story of Alshaibi's life in post-9/11 America and concentrates on sensitive issues pertaining to race and identity. The perceptions and misconceptions of the Arab American community are closely analyzed and deconstructed over the course of the film to reveal a more complex culture of individuals rather than a singularly stigmatized group of people. Alshaibi himself was the victim of a hate crime in 2011 so the film therein tackles the subject of racism and oppression towards Arab Americans in today's society.^[1]

American Arab is a production of Kartemquin Films, and is part of their Diversity Fellowship program.^[2]

References

↑ Retrieved 26 June 2013.
↑ "American Arab. Kartemquin Films. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

External links

American Arab at Kartemquin Films

Kartemquin Films

Documentaries	Home for Life (1967) Inquiring Nuns (1968) The Last Pullman Car (1983) Taylor Chain (1980 & 1984) Hoop Dreams (1994) Vietnam, Long Time Coming (1998) Golub (1998) 5 Girls (2001) Stevie (2002) Refrigerator Mothers (2003) The New Americans (2004) Terra Incognita: The Perils and Promise of Stem Cell Research (2007) At the Death House Door (2008) In the Family (2008) Milking the Rhino (2009) Typeface (2009) Prisoner of Her Past (2010) No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (2010) A Good Man (2011) The Interrupters (2011) As Goes Janesville (2012) The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) American Arab (2013) The Homestretch (2014) Life Itself (2014) Almost There (2014) The School Project (2014) On Beauty (2014) Saving Mes Aynak (2014) In the Game (2015) Hard Earned (2015)

See also	Gordon Quinn Steve James

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