Saeed

Saeed
2019
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
⏱️ 15 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
Drama
Even though Sami is safe in the United States with his 9-year-old daughter, Aya, the injures sustained during the war in Syria are making his life difficult. When news breaks that the rest of his family will arrive from a refugee camp, he should be as elated as Aya. But as Aya grows more eager to see her brother Saeed, Sami grows more anxious.

Crew

Director
Joan Stein Schimke
Writer
John Drew, Joan Stein Schimke, Emad Tayefeh
Producer
John Drew, Joan Stein Schimke, Laith Nakli

Production

Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema

Keywords

immigrantimmigrationfamily relationshipslong island, new yorkfamily reunionwoman directorgrieving parentssyrian refugeedeath of a childshort film