Classroom Clip: Meeting Lulu
Lulu participates in her first demonstration. Obaidah describes the ritual of disobedience.
College Applications
Dalya’s brother gives her advice about her college application essay; the process leads her to think about her identity and her dreams. Dalya participates in the school talent show and has fun with friends getting ready to graduate.
Going to School
Rudayna talks about the challenges of adapting to life in the U.S. and going to college.
Behind the Lens: How do people react when they find out you'
Producer and subject Mustafa Zeno discusses how Americans can welcome Syrian refugees
Behind the Lens: Why did you make 4.1 Miles?
Director Daphne Matziaraki explains why she made the Oscar-nominated short 4.1 Miles
Wearing the Hijab
A speaker at school talks about being a Muslim American woman; Dalya and her mother listen to a news report in which Trump casts all Muslims as terrorists; Dalya and her mother argue about wearing the hijab.
American Experiences
Dalya has trouble finding halal food at the mall, recalls life in Syria, plays basketball, asks her mother for permission to attend her school’s Winter Formal (with boys), and Rudayna speaks of the values she is trying to instill in her daughter.
Behind the Lens: What do people think of when they think "Sy
Director Julia Meltzer discusses some of the assumptions made about Syrian refugees.
Behind the Lens: How far is 4.1 miles?
Director Daphne Matziaraki talks about the 4.1 miles between Turkey and Lesbos, Greece.
Behind the Lens: What is the significance of the hijab to Da
Director Julia Meltzer discusses Dalya's evolving feelings on wearing her hijab in America
Dalya's Other Country - Trailer
Dalya's Other Country tells the nuanced story of a family displaced by the Syrian conflict and remaking themselves after the parents separate. Effervescent teen Dalya goes to Catholic high school and her mother Rudayana enrolls in college as they both walk the line between their Muslim values and the new world they find themselves in.
4.1 Miles - Trailer
In the Oscar-nominated short film 4.1 Miles, Daphne Matziaraki follows a day in the life of Kyriakos Papadopoulos, a captain in the Greek Coast Guard who is caught in the middle of the biggest refugee crisis since WWII. Despite limited resources, the captain and his crew attempt to save thousands of migrants from drowning in the Aegean Sea.
Almost Sunrise - Trailer
Former soldiers Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson, haunted by their own combat experiences, take a 2,700-mile trek on foot across America seeking redemption, acceptance and a way to close the moral chasm opened by war.
Hyphen-Nation: Wendy
Back in middle school, her classmates made it clear that her Chinese appearance made her different. That experience has been repeated throughout her life.
Hyphen-Nation: Ayman
His Sudanese, Muslim heritage has meant more attention at American borders, but being born in America also makes him a foreigner in Sudan.
Hyphen-Nation: Mallika
It doesn't get more American than putting your hand over your heart at a Yankees game. And it doesn't get less American than being called a terrorist at a drug store.
Hyphen-Nation: Amanda
Before asking anything else, people she has never met before will ask where she's from. They're not looking for "New York City" as an answer.
Hyphen-Nation: Michaela
Her lighter skin meant she could play with all the kids – until one kid's mother found out her family was black.
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