Darine Hotait

Yara is a Palestinian-American screenwriter in Los Angeles whose online Arabic lessons with Hana, a poet and teacher living in Gaza, blossom into a profound friendship built on shared ambition, humor, and sisterhood. When war suddenly tears them apart, Yara must confront grief, diasporic guilt, and the responsibility of using her voice to ensure Hana’s story is not forgotten.

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Sherman tells the story of a black woman who finds herself making an unconventional parenting choice in a society that doubts her potential. In the suburbs of Long Island, Sherman finds herself responsible for her neighbor's son Osman - a 7-year-old Syrian refugee Muslim boy who wakes up to the news of his parents' fatal accident. Osman is left with Sherman with no relatives to care for him. While struggling through her own grief over the loss of her unborn child, Sherman has to care for Osman. With cultural and linguistic barriers, how far will she go to make Osman feel at home?

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On the dayof her release from a psychiatric facility, Mira, an Arab-American woman, attends her grandmother’s birthday in Brooklyn, only to discover that her sister has told everyone she has been on a trip to Florida.

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While boxing and jazz rely on improvisation, they both have a deep sense of resilience. Hala, an Arab American female boxer in New York City, and Kendrick, an African American jazz musician, improvise their way through a passive-aggressive America. She's Miles Davis in boxing gloves and he's Muhammad Ali refusing to live a lie.

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Two Arab-American women in New York City fall in love, argue home and identity, engage in a chess battle, and express themselves through the power of the spoken word.

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In 1982 Beirut, the war, up to that point political, becomes an internal family struggle when Jamila discovers her brother's secret queer relationship with his friend Omar.

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Trapped in a dark room, a woman starts seeing fantasies from different light holes that appear to her. After realizing that these fantasies are reflections of herself in different stages of her life, the fantasies transform into nightmares.

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An upper class couple seduce each other by playing truth or dare.

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Like The Tide delves into the transformative bond between Yara and Hana, forged through online Arabic tutoring sessions that begin in early 2023. As their friendship deepens, Yara embarks on a profound journey of self-discovery, drawing strength from Hana’s resilience and unwavering spirit. And, along the way, Yara connects with her cultural roots and finds her own voice.

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Yara is a Palestinian-American screenwriter in Los Angeles whose online Arabic lessons with Hana, a poet and teacher living in Gaza, blossom into a profound friendship built on shared ambition, humor, and sisterhood. When war suddenly tears them apart, Yara must confront grief, diasporic guilt, and the responsibility of using her voice to ensure Hana’s story is not forgotten.

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In a small town on Mount Lebanon, a young boy tests God after his mother’s sudden death.

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While boxing and jazz rely on improvisation, they both have a deep sense of resilience. Hala, an Arab American female boxer in New York City, and Kendrick, an African American jazz musician, improvise their way through a passive-aggressive America. She's Miles Davis in boxing gloves and he's Muhammad Ali refusing to live a lie.

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In 1982 Beirut, the war, up to that point political, becomes an internal family struggle when Jamila discovers her brother's secret queer relationship with his friend Omar.

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Trapped in a dark room, a woman starts seeing fantasies from different light holes that appear to her. After realizing that these fantasies are reflections of herself in different stages of her life, the fantasies transform into nightmares.

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An upper class couple seduce each other by playing truth or dare.

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