Barzan
Realizador Alex Stonehill
Países United States
Duração 77 min
Sinopse
Sam “Barzan” Malkandi, an Iraqi refugee was working toward his piece of the American Dream in a US suburb. But a footnote in ‘The 9/11 Commission Report,’ connecting him to a high-level Al-Qaeda operative changed everything. To neighbors, Sam Malkandi was the model immigrant and perfect family man. To investigators, Malkandi was a cold-blooded terrorist. To audiences, Malkandi is a mercurial character whose story embodies controversial issues of immigration and xenophobia. Shot both in Iraq and Seattle the film takes audiences on the epic geopolitical journey of a family torn apart by suspicion, and examines the opaque government agencies charged with keeping the US safe, even at the cost of freedom.
Sam “Barzan” Malkandi, an Iraqi refugee was working toward his piece of the American Dream in a US suburb. But a footnote in ‘The 9/11 Commission Report,’ connecting him to a high-level Al-Qaeda operative changed everything. To neighbors, Sam Malkandi was the model immigrant and perfect family man. To investigators, Malkandi was a cold-blooded terrorist. To audiences, Malkandi is a mercurial character whose story embodies controversial issues of immigration and xenophobia. Shot both in Iraq and Seattle the film takes audiences on the epic geopolitical journey of a family torn apart by suspicion, and examines the opaque government agencies charged with keeping the US safe, even at the cost of freedom.