Asad

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Shorts - Fiction 2
Old Town Playhouse Sat, Aug 4, 2012 3:00 PM
This group of stunningly crafted shorts trades in high drama and mounting tension as the films' protagonists are forced to make difficult decisions. Featuring a cast of Somali refugees, “Asad” follows a young boy faced with a choice between falling in with pirates or living an honest, humble life, while in the drug ballad “Narcocorrido,” a pill-popping cop finds herself in over her head after a border shakedown goes awry, and in “Unmanned,” a young drone pilot living thousands of miles away from the warzone gets a harsh wake-up call in the aftermath of an errant missile strike.
Film Info
Section:Short Films
Release Year:2012
Runtime:18 min
Premiere Status:Midwest Premiere
Production Country:USA
Original Language:Somali
Subtitles:English
Web Site:http://www.asadfilm.com/
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Harun Mohammed
Ibrahim Moallim Hussein
Ali Mohammed
Abdiwale Mohmed Mohamed
Mariya Abdulle
Najah Abdi Abdullahi
Director:Bryan Buckley
Produced by:Bryan Buckley
Mino Jarjoura
Rafiq Samsodien
Screenwriter:Bryan Buckley
Cinematography:Scott Henriksen
Editing By:Chris Franklin
Music By:Marcel Khalife

Description

An all Somali, refugee cast brings to life this coming of age fable of a Somali boy struggling to survive in his war-torn homeland.