Out of Status
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sanjna Singh
Fareed Zakaria
Nancy Morawetz
Jan Ting
Joanna Habib
Norman Eng
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Four Muslim families' lives are dramatically changed after 9/11. Carma, an American citizen, saw her husband Akram arrested from their home and deported to Egypt. Akram lived in Pennsylvania, worked legally to support his family and waited to adjust his status. Two days after 9/11, Salem, an American citizen, was detained for 40 days and held in solitary confinement for allegedly stealing a rental car. Hakim, an Algerian, has permanent residency papers pending with the INS. After 9/11 he was placed in deportation proceedings, despite being married to a US legal resident. Hakim has a one-year old son who was born in Brooklyn. The Rahmans, also from Brooklyn, fled to a refugee shelter in Buffalo, New York to seek asylum in Canada. They face persecution in their native Bangladesh, but were afraid of enforcement measures in the US. Along with 15,000 others from Brooklyn, they left their homes and lives rather than face the prospect of being deported by authorities.
Cast
Fareed Zakaria
Nancy Morawetz
Jan Ting
Joanna Habib
Norman Eng
Molly Short
Robert Kuhnreich
Michael Wishnie
Crew
Kathryn Barnier
Kathryn Barnier
Marcello Fracassa
John Grant
Ya-hsuan Huang
Vijay Iyer
Cielito Pascual
Will Peckenham
Emily Rosdeitcher
Pia Sawhney
Pia Sawhney
Sanjna Singh
Sanjna Singh
Rachel Billes Sullivan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States August 1, 2007
Released in United States Summer August 1, 2007
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Time and Tide) January 25-February 5, 2006.
DV
color and b&w
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States August 1, 2007 (New York City)
Released in United States Summer August 1, 2007
