Tag: immigrants

Crowdfund This: THE WINDS THAT SCATTER Promises A New View Of Immigrants In Post-9/11 America

For the life of me I can't recall a recent American independent film that featured a lead character who was Muslim or a Middle Eastern immigrant, and was not focused primarily on a plot involving terrorism or deportation.Filmmaker Christopher Bell's...

Review: In Grim, Glacial Western GOLD, It's All Guts, No Glory

German director Thomas Arslan's first foray into historical period filmmaking is a methodical, glacial western, bereft of the rugged grandeur and macho posturing that one usually associates with the genre. While Arslan's story retains a certain mythological aspect that is...