David

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Summary

David tells the story of Daud, an eleven year old Muslim boy growing up in Brooklyn. As the son of the Imam of the local mosque, he has to juggle his father’s high expectations, the dynamics of a conservative family, and being different – even from his peers in the Muslim community.

Through an innocent act of good faith, Daud inadvertently befriends a group of Jewish boys who mistake him for being Jewish and accept him as one of their own. While working together on a summer project, a genuine friendship is formed between Daud and Yoav, one of the Jewish boys. Unable to resist the joy of a camaraderie that he has never felt before, David, as he is known to the Jewish boys, gets drawn into a complicated situation that is based upon both the best of intentions, and youthful deceit. Joel Fendelman and Patrick Daly

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Year: 2011
Genre: Narrative
Country: USA
Language: English, Arabic, with English subtitles with English subtitles
Subject: Coming of Age
Run time: 80 minutes
Format: N/A

Director: Joel Fendelman
Cast: Jobrani, Muatasem Mishal, Binyomin Shtaynberger