Arab in America
Paralleling real life events experienced by co-writer/director, Nabil Abou-Harb, the short film, "Arab in America", offers a comical view on America's newest black sheep: Arabs. Following the travels of Osama Ahmed Abou-Bakr, the audience will experience heightened instances of discrimination, racism, prejudice, and down-right ignorance. With a barrage of colorful characters like illegal Mexican landscapers, wrongfully imprisoned African Americans, southern good-old-boys, the NSA, the INS, the TSA, and the Police Department, Sam has his work cut out for him, if he hopes to be accepted as an Arab in America.
- Runtime
- 15m
- Released
- 2007
Details
Release year: 2007
Storyline
Paralleling real life events experienced by co-writer/director, Nabil Abou-Harb, the short film, "Arab in America", offers a comical view on America's newest black sheep: Arabs. Following the travels of Osama Ahmed Abou-Bakr, the audience will experience heightened instances of discrimination, racism, prejudice, and down-right ignorance. With a barrage of colorful characters like illegal Mexican landscapers, wrongfully imprisoned African Americans, southern good-old-boys, the NSA, the INS, the TSA, and the Police Department, Sam has his work cut out for him, if he hopes to be accepted as an Arab in America.
Top credits
- Ivan Shammas — Osama Ahmed Abou-Bakr
- Bill Pannell — Hershel Featherbottom
- Bill Horst — David Dasfuher
- Phil Keeling — Gary Toodles