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AmericanEast (2008)

AmericanEast (2008)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 2008, November 14
Directors: Hesham Issawi
Countries: United States of America
Production: Distant Horizon
Cast: Sayed Badreya, Tim Guinee, Erick Avari, Tony Shalhoub, Sarah Shahi, Virginia Hamilton, Kais Nashef, Manny Kleinmuntz

Overview:

Summer in L.A., it's hot. Homeland Security has set the threat level at red; they're searching for several Arabs alleged to be terrorists. Mustafa, an Egyptian immigrant who runs a falafel shop, comes to the FBI's attention; they investigate him. He has other problems: his young teen son no longer wants to be a Muslim; his sister, a nurse, objects to Mustafa arranging her marriage to a cousin from Egypt. She has a non-Arab suitor of her own. Omar, an employee of Mustafa, is a struggling actor who doesn't want to play only terrorists. Mustafa hopes to open a real restaurant and has a potential partner in Sam, a Jew, whose family objects. What is the price of the American dream?

Keywords:

9/11 culture clash american dream arab-american