AmericanEast
112 mins
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?
Kais Nashef
Omar
Manny Kleinmuntz
Ben Bloom
Hesham Issawi
Writer
Hesham Issawi
Director
Anant Singh
Producer
Sanjeev Singh
Executive Producer
Sudhir Pragjee
Executive Producer
Amanda Rosbrook
Art Direction
Michael G. Wojciechowski
Director of Photography
Frank Bollinger
Production Design
Julie Drach
Set Decoration
Tony Humecke
Original Music Composer
Swinda Reichelt
Costume Design
Mohannad Malas
Executive Producer
Gillian O'Neill
Casting