Saturday, July 15 &
Monday, July 17
NYC
Rising Up: The Alams
Documentary, 11 minutes, MiniDV
director/DP: Konrad Aderer
In this short documentary we meet the Alams, a Bangladeshi family living in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Mohammed Alam, father to two young U.S.-born daughters, is one of 13,000 immigrants facing deportation as a consequence of Special Registration, a post-9/11 policy which targeted nationals of Muslim countries. But the Alams are not just victims. Learn how they fight back as members of South Asian community organization D.R.U.M. (Desis Rising Up and Moving).
Rising Up: The Alams was produced as part of the non-profit media project Life or Liberty, as part of Third World Newsreel’s Call For Change series.
RISING UP: THE ALAMS
In program:
THE MISEDUCATION OF SUZY WONG
SATURDAY, JULY 15, 8PM
ROSE HALL
THE ASIA SOCIETY
725 PARK AVENUE @ 70TH STREET, NYC
And
MONDAY, JULY 17, 3:30PM
QUAD CINEMA
34 WEST 13TH STREET @ 6TH AVENUE, NYC
There will be a talkback with the filmmakers after the Saturday, July 15 screening.
info and tickets:
http://www.aaiff.org
