USA and Sudan / 2012 / 35mins / Drama / English and Arabic

Faisal puts his family—newly arrived in America—in a tough spot when he loses the family car. Facing the reality that he is not prepared for his dream of American university, he promises to get work. A new friend, Adil, offers to find Faisal a job. After a journey by bus and train, the two arrive at a chicken farm. Life in the new home is not always bad—especially when Faisal meets the beautiful Samia, who is farther along in her own pursuit of university education. Time is dwindling, however, and the family needs money fast. Only through trials and hardship can Faisal learn the tough lessons necessary to gain ground in his new home.

Bentley Brown

Bentley Brown is a producer and director from Dallas, Texas. In 1999, at the age of 11, he moved with his family to Chad. Since 2004, Brown and his soccer teammate Abakar Chene Massar have been working together as filmmakers. He holds an MA in communication, culture and technology from Georgetown University and a BA in international studies from Emory University. From 2015 to 2018 he taught filmmaking and interactive media in Saudi Arabia's first university-level filmmaking program, where he also began an underground film screening series and worked on several feature films. Working frequently in Arabic, French, he is currently enrolled in a PhD program in Emergent Technologies and Media Art Practice at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Learn More