The Imperialists Are Still Alive!

Friday, April 15 - Thursday, April 21, 2011

A successful visual artist working in post-9/11 Manhattan, Asya lives the life of the hip and glamorous, replete with exclusive art parties, supermodels, and stretch limousines while she carefully follows the situation in the Middle East on television. Asya learns that her childhood friend, Faisal, has disappeared—the victim of a purported CIA abduction. That same night, she meets Javier, a sexy Mexican PhD student, and romance blossoms. Javier finds Asya’s conspiracy theories overly paranoid—but nothing in Asya’s world is as it seems. Asya’s life is reflective of the themes of cultural fusion, and the complications and humor that arise simultaneously out of everyday life. Zeina Durra’s debut feature is an alluring, intelligent and funny look at the way the war on terror seeps into the texture of everyday American life.

• Country USA
• Rating NR
• Running Time 90 minutes
• Director Zeina Durra

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