The films in this segment are come to us from filmmakers working or living in the United States and Canada. Spanning numerous genres, reflecting on diaspora, and thinking critically about what constitutes identities that are rooted in place, history, family, and practice, these local-ish shorts tackle intersectionality and depict various ideas about what it means embody tradition and home.
Thirty-three-year-old Amira struggles to find her place as she navigates living between her Arab and American identities and her relationship with her culturally traditional, yet loving mother.
About the filmmaker
Alex Muhawi-Ho is an Arab-Chinese-American writer and director currently based in New York. As a result of her multi-cultural identity, she’s passionate about highlighting communities and cultures that are typically under or misrepresented. She also seeks to explore the intersectionality of these groups and what it means to forge an identity in the midst of a multitude of values, traditions, and beliefs that both align with and contradict each other.
- Year2020
- Runtime17 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAlexandra Muhawi-Ho
- ScreenwriterAlexandra Muhawi-Ho
- ProducerCamila Grimaldi, Polina Buchak, Alyssa DiMartino, Alexandra Muhawi-Ho
- CastLareina Phelan, Samar El-Zein, Sean Ricciardi
The films in this segment are come to us from filmmakers working or living in the United States and Canada. Spanning numerous genres, reflecting on diaspora, and thinking critically about what constitutes identities that are rooted in place, history, family, and practice, these local-ish shorts tackle intersectionality and depict various ideas about what it means embody tradition and home.
Thirty-three-year-old Amira struggles to find her place as she navigates living between her Arab and American identities and her relationship with her culturally traditional, yet loving mother.
About the filmmaker
Alex Muhawi-Ho is an Arab-Chinese-American writer and director currently based in New York. As a result of her multi-cultural identity, she’s passionate about highlighting communities and cultures that are typically under or misrepresented. She also seeks to explore the intersectionality of these groups and what it means to forge an identity in the midst of a multitude of values, traditions, and beliefs that both align with and contradict each other.
- Year2020
- Runtime17 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAlexandra Muhawi-Ho
- ScreenwriterAlexandra Muhawi-Ho
- ProducerCamila Grimaldi, Polina Buchak, Alyssa DiMartino, Alexandra Muhawi-Ho
- CastLareina Phelan, Samar El-Zein, Sean Ricciardi