A film that juxtaposes found footage of Japanese Internment camps in Arizona with a found letter written by Babar Ahmad, a Muslim prisoner accused of running Al-Qaeda websites who was once slated for extradition to Guantanamo Bay and remains in prison. In linking the two, the film traces a connection between the way Japanese Americans were perceived during World War II and how Muslims in the U.S. and abroad are being treated in a post-9/11 world while raising larger questions about the fragility of our own freedoms.

Babar Ahmad is still in prison. Visit www.freebabarahmad.com to learn more about the case and how you can help.

Screenings
25 FPS Looks Back, Selection of the Best in Experimental Documentary | Zagreb, Croatia, 2010
26th Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Film Festival | Boston, Massachusetts, 2009
Curt.doc Short Documentary Festival | Vidreres, Spain, 2009
9th Slant: Bold Asian American Images | Houston, Texas, 2009
36th Athens International Film & Video Festival | Athens, Ohio, 2009
2nd San Joaquin International Film Festival | Stockton, California, 2009
13th Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival | Tempe, Arizona, 2009, Juror Choice Award
Spark Video | Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, New York, 2009
22nd Stuttgart Filmwinter | Stuttgart, Germany, 2009
Filmski Front | Kino Klub, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2008
Platforma Video 8 | Athens, Greeze, 2008
Alternative Film/Video Festival | Belgrade, Serbia, 2008, Significant Achievement Award
Jordan Short Film Festival | Amman, Jordan, 2008
6th Detroit Docs | Detroit, Michigan, 2008
2nd Oblo Film Festival | Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008
Document 6 | Glasgow, Scotland, 2008
Austin Asian American Film Festival | Austin, Texas, 2008
11th Vancouver Asian Film Festival | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2008
9th DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival | Washington, D.C., 2008
11th Antimatter Underground Film Festival | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2008
2nd Sydney Underground Film Festival | Sydney, Australia, 2008
4th 25 FPS Festival | Zagreb, Croatia, 2008
23rd Odense International Film Festival | Odense, Denmark, 2008
Perpetual Ends | Elastic Arts Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, 2008
31st Asian American International Film Festival | New York, New York, 2008, Included in National Festival Tour
4th Festival Miden | Kalamata, Greece, 2008
9th Seoul International Film Festival | Seoul, South Korea, 2008
Threat Level | Elegant Mister Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2008
27th European Media Arts Festival | Osnabrück, Germany, 2008
19th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam | Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2007
6th Reel Asian Film Festival | Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2007

Gallery Exhibitions
Decoding Identity: I Do It For My People | Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California, 2009
10th APAture Festival of Emerging Asian Pacific American Artists | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, 2008
Insider/Outsider | Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2008
What Goes Around | ARTworkSF Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2008
Another Country | Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, California, 2007

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