Coming Home

Coming Home follows Freedom Dabka Group - a collective of Palestinian-American dancers, living in Bay Ridge (Brooklyn) who use Dabka as a way to connect to their community and homeland. Shot on 16mm under the unique constraints of 2020-21 featuring archive photography from The Palestinian Museum.

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photo of Naim Naif
photo of Margot Bowman

Credits

Directors:

Naim Naif, Margot Bowman

Producer:

Meghan Doherty, Naim Naif, Margot Bowman

Cinematographer:

Kenny Suleimanagich

Editor:

Aika Miyake

Sound Designer:

Gisela Fullà Silvestre

Music:

Gisela Fullà Silvestre

Principal Cast:

Amer Abdelrasoul, Abdelkareem Abdelrasoul, Mohammed Aabdelrasoul aka “Boots”, Mujahed Shalodi, Mohammed Shalodi aka “Hamooda”, Majd Shalodi, Majid Ali, Malek Ali, Ali Abdallah, Nouraldeen Gheith

Additional Credits:

Associate Producer: Ali Rosa Salas, Associate Producer: Serene Huleileh, Colorist: Houmam Abdallah, Art Direction: Mooni Studios, Production Manager: Sokhna Samb, Translation: Sloan Abihaidar, Sound: Ken Goodwin (Silver Sound), Sound: Peter Getz (Sound Co-op), Stills Photography: Louis Browne

Contact

Public Film Contact:

Meghan Doherty
Portal NY
meghan@portal-ny.com
9179756038

Publicity Contact:

Caitlin Hughes
caitlin@caitlinhughespr.com
(973) 970-4689

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2021
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10 mins