Wednesday, April 23, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8th
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8th
Benefit Screening for the 12th Annual Arab Film Festival:
Captain Abu Raed
Special Appearance by filmmaker Amin Matalqa
Thursday, May 8th, 2008, 7:00pm
AMC Metreon 16 Theater
101 4th St. (@ Mission St.) San Francisco
$25 General Admission, $15 Students
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Captain Abu Raed by Amin Matalqa
(Jordan, 2007, 95 mins)
First Independent Jordanian film – Bay Area Premiere
Winner of the 2008 Sundance – Audience Award in World Cinema
Winner of the 2007 Dubai – Best Actor for Nadim Salwaha
With Jordan as a backdrop, director Amin Matalqa paints a beautiful story of ordinary people overcoming social boundaries to affirm the power of the human spirit to shape destiny.
Amin Matalqa on the set of Captain Abu Raed with young actor Hussein Al-Sous (Top left)
