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DIRECTOR

Darine Hotait

RUN TIME

25 Minutes

LANGUAGE

English, Arabic, Hebrew

YEAR

2018

Country

USA

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre

Drama, Short

Cast

Jessica Damouni, Ben Williams

Classification

Restricted to persons aged 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult

Synopsis

While boxing and jazz rely on improvisation, they both have a deep sense of resilience. Hala, an Arab American female boxer in New York City, and Kendrick, an African American jazz musician, improvise their way through a passive aggressive America. She’s Miles Davis in boxing gloves and he’s Muhammad Ali refusing to live a lie.

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