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Where We Live
Iraqi Exiles in America
| Length: | 22 min |
| Released: | 2011 |
When Iraqi-born filmmaker Fady Hadid attempts to find an exiled family to film in a suburb of San Diego, one of the largest communities of Iraqi refugees in the United States, almost all are afraid to speak with him. Despite the widespread fear for their family back at home, the Hamad family steps forward to deliver a touching portrait of hope for life in a new country paired with a paramount longing for the life they left behind.
Raed, the family patriarch, lived in Iraq with his five brothers under one roof. Now he is uncertain which of his family members survived the war. In the United States, Raed fixes cars for Arabic-speaking customers and hopes to have his own shop someday. Rana, his wife, cares for their three children and struggles to learn English. She quells her homesickness with hopes for a better life for her children.
Where We Live offers an informative portrait of an Iraqi refugee family, and the personal consequences of the war that have often remained unexamined by Americans.
Raed, the family patriarch, lived in Iraq with his five brothers under one roof. Now he is uncertain which of his family members survived the war. In the United States, Raed fixes cars for Arabic-speaking customers and hopes to have his own shop someday. Rana, his wife, cares for their three children and struggles to learn English. She quells her homesickness with hopes for a better life for her children.
Where We Live offers an informative portrait of an Iraqi refugee family, and the personal consequences of the war that have often remained unexamined by Americans.
