If Birds Believed in God
Director: Samer Saifan
Cast: Adam Budron, Eyas Elkhateeb, Jade Ziane, Leyla Modirzadeh, Martin Pfefferkorn, Nasser Faris, Ron Fallica, Veracity Butcher
Synopsis:
Cast: Adam Budron, Eyas Elkhateeb, Jade Ziane, Leyla Modirzadeh, Martin Pfefferkorn, Nasser Faris, Ron Fallica, Veracity Butcher
Synopsis:
The story follows a day in the life of Ismail, a Palestinian photographer whose American upbringing was shaped by his grandfathers displacement during the 1948 Palestine Nakba. When Ismails mother gifts him his grandfathers keffiyeha traditional Palestinian scarfit triggers an internal struggle between shame and pride in his cultural identity, all unfolding against the ominous backdrop of rising violence against Palestinians.
