Recorded live on July 14, 2020 12:00PM EDT/ July 14, 2020 18:00 CET/ July 15, 2020 12:00AM HKT.
Stay after the screening for the chance to hear from some of the cast of the film in dialogue with Kaleem Aftab, film producer, writer and critic. He writes primarily for the Independent and is a contributing editor to Interview Magazine, film editor of VS Magazine and editor-at-large for www.the-talks.com. He also regularly contributes to Filmmaker, The National (UAE) and Indiewire.
Clara Khoury is an internationally renowned Palestinian born actress who has been the lead actress in over 5 feature films that have premiered at festivals such as Cannes, Toronto International Film Festival, and Berlinale. She is also known for her award winning work on the TV series, Arab Labor (2007-2012), recurring role on Homeland (2012), and Hulu series Baghdad Central (2020).
Maram Aljahmi is a native of Detroit of Yemeni descent. She joined the production after open casting calls at the Arab American National Museum. She is a 15 year old 10th grade high school student in Detroit. Marjoun is her acting debut.
Dewayne Murphy is an African American native of Little Rock. Overcoming the foster care system and turbulent schooling, Dewayne would go on to become the first president of Little Rock Hall High's Thespian Society. After his role in Marjoun he began working for the Clinton Foundation. During the pandemic they have partnered with World Center Kitchen to provide food for children, exceeding 400,000 meals.
A message from our actor, Dewayne Murphy: "I just wanna say, over the past 400+ years people of a different background have lived in this country unequally. We have seen our people of different ethnicities killed and or ripped from their families and a failed justice system. Don't be prejudice. Prejudice-any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable. Unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic, racial, social, or religious group. I still have hope of change, because I am a part of a generation who knows that one color doesn't make a rainbow."
Recorded live on July 14, 2020 12:00PM EDT/ July 14, 2020 18:00 CET/ July 15, 2020 12:00AM HKT.
Stay after the screening for the chance to hear from some of the cast of the film in dialogue with Kaleem Aftab, film producer, writer and critic. He writes primarily for the Independent and is a contributing editor to Interview Magazine, film editor of VS Magazine and editor-at-large for www.the-talks.com. He also regularly contributes to Filmmaker, The National (UAE) and Indiewire.
Clara Khoury is an internationally renowned Palestinian born actress who has been the lead actress in over 5 feature films that have premiered at festivals such as Cannes, Toronto International Film Festival, and Berlinale. She is also known for her award winning work on the TV series, Arab Labor (2007-2012), recurring role on Homeland (2012), and Hulu series Baghdad Central (2020).
Maram Aljahmi is a native of Detroit of Yemeni descent. She joined the production after open casting calls at the Arab American National Museum. She is a 15 year old 10th grade high school student in Detroit. Marjoun is her acting debut.
Dewayne Murphy is an African American native of Little Rock. Overcoming the foster care system and turbulent schooling, Dewayne would go on to become the first president of Little Rock Hall High's Thespian Society. After his role in Marjoun he began working for the Clinton Foundation. During the pandemic they have partnered with World Center Kitchen to provide food for children, exceeding 400,000 meals.
A message from our actor, Dewayne Murphy: "I just wanna say, over the past 400+ years people of a different background have lived in this country unequally. We have seen our people of different ethnicities killed and or ripped from their families and a failed justice system. Don't be prejudice. Prejudice-any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable. Unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic, racial, social, or religious group. I still have hope of change, because I am a part of a generation who knows that one color doesn't make a rainbow."