AmericanEast (2008)
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?
Director: Hesham Issawi
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Sayed Badreya as Mustafa Marzouke |
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Tony Shalhoub as Sam |
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Kais Nashef as Omar |
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Sarah Shahi as Salwah Marzoke |
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Erick Avari as Fikry |
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Virginia Hamilton as Casting Director |
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Tim Guinee as John Westerman |
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Manny Kleinmuntz as Ben Bloom |
| Directing | Hesham Issawi | Director |
| Writing | Hesham Issawi | Writer |
| Writing | Sayed Badreya | Writer |
| Production | Mohannad Malas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sudhir Pragjee | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anant Singh | Producer |
| Production | Sanjeev Singh | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ahmad Zahra | Producer |
| Sound | Tony Humecke | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Michael G. Wojciechowski | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gillian O'Neill | Casting |
| Art | Frank Bollinger | Production Design |
| Art | Amanda Rosbrook | Art Direction |
| Art | Julie Drach | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Swinda Reichelt | Costume Design |
| Production | Tony Shalhoub | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Ben Hernandez Bray | Stunt Coordinator |
