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An anguished Somali father in Minnesota seeks to understand what led his American son to attempt to join the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.

Premiere Date

January 20, 2020

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Development

Eunice Lau
Eunice Lau

Director/Producer

Eunice Lau is an independent filmmaker and former journalist with a propensity toward stories concerning social justice. After years of reporting on Cambodia and the war trial, she wrote and produced "The Trouble with Waiting" which won the Grand Jury award at Busan Asian Short Film Festival 2008. Eunice has an MFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and her short documentary on Somalia "Through the Fire" was nominated for the Student Academy Awards 2012. She is teaching documentary film as an adjunct professor at Baruch College.