FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime
“It is gut-wrenching, it is graphic, it is real.”
“Movies like this, they spark change.”
FORMER MAYOR JENNIFER ROBERTS
“One of the most important films of the year.”
FILM CRITIC ALLAN FRENCH
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In 2015, three Muslim-American students were executed while eating dinner in their home in Chapel Hill, NC. In 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime, filmmaker Tarek Albaba makes an impassioned case for justice for these innocents and for his community. The film charts the victims’ families’ agonizing overnight pivot from trauma to advocacy as they struggle to prevent their loved ones’ deaths from being dismissed as the result of a random parking dispute.
They courageously speak the truth about the hate crime that has destroyed their lives, about the overt and insidious ways racism plays out in our society and about the need to reform a hate crime system that is broken. This is a project about grace and the will to fight for the truth in the worst of circumstances.
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“Their upbringing was so similar to mine, their story resonated instantly. Our parents’ journey to America was almost identical. Same countries, similar goals. The obvious difference: my parents did not have to bury their kids. It was hard to escape the feeling that I needed to do something, something to honor these beautiful lives cut so short…”
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“Honoring the Abu-Salha and Barakat families through this work has had a profound impact on our lives. Deah, Yusor and Razan's legacy continues to inspire and educate people around the world.”
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