Interview with Erin Palmquist, Director of "From Baghdad to the Bay"

16/10/2018 23 min
Interview with Erin Palmquist, Director of "From Baghdad to the Bay"

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Interview recorded at KZSU 90.1 FM (Stanford) on Oct 1, 2018

Stanford Lecturer + Arabology radio host Dr. Ramzi Salti interviews Erin Palmquist, Director/Producer/Cinematographer for the award winning documentary "From Baghdad to the Bay."
This critically acclaimed film follows the journey of Ghazwan Alsharif, an Iraqi refugee and former translator for the US military who was wrongfully accused of being a double agent and ostracized from his family and country as he struggles to rebuild his life in the United States while coming out as an openly gay man.
The film is screening at the Arab Film Festival in San Francisco on Oct 17th and in Oakland on October 19th.
For more screenings + info please visit www.frombaghdadtothebay.com

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