MPAC Hollywood Bureau Cohosting Film Screenings
By Sue Obeidi
Director, Hollywood Bureau

 

The MPAC Hollywood Bureau is co-hosting three film screenings in Southern California  - Stranger at the Gate by  Director Joshua Seftel on  November 10th & 11th, and  You Resemble Me by  Director Dina Amer on  November 13th.

President of MPAC, Salam Al-Marayati and I are proud to be consulting producers on this documentary short, which was a  winner at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and is an Oscar contender.

Please join us in Los Angeles for the  November 10th screening  of  Stranger at the Gate at  KPCC  with John Horn or for the  November 11th screening  in Irvine. Each screening will be followed by a discussion with  Joshua Seftel, as well as cast members  Bibi Bahrami and  Richard “Mac” McKinney, about the film and its impact. On  November 13th in Los Angeles, we will be co-hosting the 7:40 pm screening of Venice Film Festival winner  You Resemble Me  by the very talented director, Dina Amer. A fireside chat with Dina and the Los Angeles Times’ Lorraine Ali will follow.

Executive Produced by Spike Lee, Riz Ahmed, and Alma Har'el, the film tells the harrowing story of a young woman named Hasna Aït Boulahcen, who was wrongly reported to be Europe’s first suicide bomber. We follow Hasna’s life and the trauma of betrayal from family, friends, and country that resulted in her radicalization.  You Resemble Me shines a light on how extreme misfortune and the pursuit of belonging led one woman to follow a false faith that resulted in tragedy. You can see the trailer and read the review in  Variety .  The film opened nationwide on November 4th and you can see it in Los Angeles at the  Laemmle in North Hollywood  starting November 11th.