Atlanta Film Festival 2008

DEVIL GOES DOWN Director: John Petrini – USA - 6 minutes A young man shooting hoops gets offered an intriguing wager for a game of one-on-one against a mysterious stranger. MEXICAN IN THE CLOSET Director: Charles Moore – USA - 25 minutes Lloosely based on a true life crime, a volatile Anglo wife brings Umberto, an illegal immigrant, into her home in hopes he will kill her cop husband. But days pass. The husband lives. Umberto stalls. He's grown accustomed to the unlikely comfort of living in Hannah's guest room closet. RACE Director: Peter Coyote – USA - 22 minutes Kira, an Asian-American woman, and Luke, an African-American man, work together like a machine as Vice Presidents of a Research Firm. When their Caucasian boss, Jack, announces to them that one of them will be promoted to become Senior Vice President based on the presentation that needs to take place the next day, they suddenly become at odds with each other. VEILS Director: Dan Susman - United Kingdom - 13 minutes In English, Arabic, and Hebrew with English subtitles A Jewish woman and a Palestinian man prepare on their wedding day, but not everyone iin their families is happy about the impending nuptials. WOMAN IN BURKA Director: Jonathan Lisecki – USA - 21 minutes A darkly comic look at the life of an actress and the types of Middle Eastern roles available to her in a post 9/11 culture.