"Magical"

-London Short Film Festival

"The most powerful moment of our festival"

-Texas Independent Film Festival

FAISAL GOES WEST

a.k.a. فيصل هاجّي غرب
dir. Bentley Brown
35 min | USA | 2013
Sudanese Arabic & English

A narrative film shot in Arabic and English in Dallas, Texas, Faisal Goes West tells the story of a young man from the city of Khartoum who tries his luck at a Texas chicken farm. Heralded by TANK Magazine as a "striking work" and a "piece of charming and brutal realism," the film won the top honor at the Texas Independent Film Festival.

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