RECYCLE Screens at Hot Docs 2008
Jordanian documentary, “Recycle,” by Mahmoud al-Massad, has been selected to screen at the preeminent international documentary film festival, Hot Docs. Premiering at Dubai in 2007 and selected for the Sundance Film Fest in 2008, the film will screen in Toronto between April 17th and April 27th.
“It tells the story of Abu Amar, an ex-Mujahideen soldier, trying to build a peaceful life after years of fighting in the Soviet-Afghan war. His personal struggle between faith and the difficult political and social realities of life in the Middle East finds Amar, father of eight, forced to collect and recycle cardboard in the streets of Zarqa, Jordan. Zarqa, a hotbed for political Islamists, is also the childhood home of the film’s director and the birthplace of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the late and infamous al-Qaeda leader in Iraq. The director rides shotgun with Amar and his young son as they drive the streets of Zarqa, the same streets and extreme living conditions which led many other young men to choose the violent life of political extremism.”
Hot Docs website.
“Recycle” website.
“Recycle” was picked up for worldwide distribution by Wide Entertainment during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
