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"The Letter" - Official Selection 2004 Tallgrass Film Festival
Hamzeh Mystique Films' critically acclaimed and award-winning feature-length documentary "The Letter" continues to gather momentum and praise, adding The 2004 Tallgrass Film Festival to its growing list of film festival appearances and screenings. Written and directed by Ziad H. Hamzeh, and produced by Hamzeh, Bert Brown and Marc Sandler, "The Letter" premiered at The 2003 AFI Film Festival, won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary at The 2004 Boston International Film Festival, was chosen as the Opening Night film at The 2004 Amnesty International Film Festival, was nominated as Best Documentary at The 2004 Pan-African Film Festival, and was featured on NPR's "Here and Now". "The Letter" chronicles the turmoil predominately white Lewiston, Maine faces when 1,100 former Somali refugees relocate there en-masse in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy - referred to as the "Somali invasion" by the international news media. A firestorm of controversy erupts when Lewiston mayor Larry Raymond sends an open letter to the newly arrived Somali community asking them to tell friends and family not to move into the city. The conflict escalates into competing "hate" and "peace" rallies held simultaneously and separated by only a few miles. The "hate" rally staged by Reverend Matt Hale"s World Church of the Creator, a white separatist group, and a "peace" rally organized by the Many & One Coalition, a local community group, necessitates the largest police action in Maine"s history to ensure the safety of the city"s residents. Hamzeh Mystique Films creates groundbreaking and provocative films of the highest caliber; gathering the most talented and skilled artists and technicians the industry has to offer; and creating the most engaging, economically sound, and commercially viable filmed productions imaginable. Arab Film Distribution has acquired the North American rights for Hamzeh Mystique Films" "The Letter".
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Hamzeh Mystique Films' critically acclaimed and award-winning feature-length documentary "The Letter" continues to gather momentum and praise, adding The 2004 Tallgrass Film Festival to its growing list of film festival appearances and screenings. Written and directed by Ziad H. Hamzeh, and produced by Hamzeh, Bert Brown and Marc Sandler, "The Letter" premiered at The 2003 AFI Film Festival, won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary at The 2004 Boston International Film Festival, was chosen as the Opening Night film at The 2004 Amnesty International Film Festival, was nominated as Best Documentary at The 2004 Pan-African Film Festival, and was featured on NPR's "Here and Now". "The Letter" chronicles the turmoil predominately white Lewiston, Maine faces when 1,100 former Somali refugees relocate there en-masse in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy - referred to as the "Somali invasion" by the international news media. A firestorm of controversy erupts when Lewiston mayor Larry Raymond sends an open letter to the newly arrived Somali community asking them to tell friends and family not to move into the city. The conflict escalates into competing "hate" and "peace" rallies held simultaneously and separated by only a few miles. The "hate" rally staged by Reverend Matt Hale"s World Church of the Creator, a white separatist group, and a "peace" rally organized by the Many & One Coalition, a local community group, necessitates the largest police action in Maine"s history to ensure the safety of the city"s residents. Hamzeh Mystique Films creates groundbreaking and provocative films of the highest caliber; gathering the most talented and skilled artists and technicians the industry has to offer; and creating the most engaging, economically sound, and commercially viable filmed productions imaginable. Arab Film Distribution has acquired the North American rights for Hamzeh Mystique Films" "The Letter".
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