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'Name Day', a Short Film With a Powerful Social Message to Debut at the 2007 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
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April 16, 2007
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LOS ANGELES, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- "Name Day", a new film by Bay Area- based filmmaker Nikhil Prakash, will open one of the Shorts Programs at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles this week April 17-22, 2007. The film, which follows an Agnostic Arab-American's journey from the dusk of murderous revenge to the dawn of spiritual awakening after his devout Muslim brother is killed in a hate crime, is both powerful and timely.
"I hope people see this as more than just another nine-eleven story," comments Prakash. "My vision for the movie was to observe a man wade through the ocean of hatred, depression, and loss that is drowning him to finally experience a glimpse of ...