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Director: Loch Phillipps
Assistant Editor: Alaa’ Seoudy
“The feature documentary, Utica: The Last Refuge, picks up the story of the Azein family from their arrival in the US. The film follows them for two and a half years as they transition from isolation in a completely unfamiliar place to employment and becoming part of a larger, thriving community. Utica’s decision to welcome refugee populations has been a major factor in the city’s economic turnaround. Utica: The Last Refuge is the story of a city and — most important -- a resettlement agency determined to make America a new home for refugees.”
This is a teaser for a film we’re making with Hong Sar Mahn, a Burmese activist and filmmaker. Having fled the conflict in his homeland, he has landed in Indiana, PA, the birthplace of Jimmy Stewart. Hong Sar will co-direct and let us inside his experience, both in Burma and in his new, quintessentially American home.
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Director: Alaa’ Seoudy, Hong Sar, and Loch Phillipps
Editor: Alaa’ Seoudy
Unpublished. I can provide a private link.
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Director: Loch Phillipps
Editor: Alaa’ Seoudy
Muhamed, a refugee from Bosnia has hired An Wa, a Burmese refugee to work alongside him at his shop, 2M Auto. Representing Utica's two largest refugee groups, their ability to transcend cultural differences via their shared experience is emblematic of why refugee resettlement works so well there.
Unpublished. I can provide a private link.
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Director: Zachai Kalet-Schwartz
Editor: Alaa’ Seoudy
Unpublished due to COVID-19 pandmic. I can provide a private link.
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Director: Loch Phillipps
Editor: Alaa’ Seoudy
“For the rest of May, the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we will introduce you to some of the Asian Americans in NY.
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Director: Ahmed Fawzi Saleh
Assistant Editor: Alaa’ Seoudy
« Set in the confines of an impoverished Cairo neighborhood, a community's everyday life is threatened by the ruthless rhythms of Tanneries, rotary driers crushing animal skin, hazards of poisonous wastewater, Tahyea desperately clings to her brother, Saqr, whose only dream is to escape »
