Poet Against Prejudice / WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.).

Moving to a new country was challenging for Faiza Almontaser, a 17-year-old from New York City, who immigrated with her family to the US from Yemen when she was in middle school. Mentored by the legendary pioneer of direct cinema, Albert Maysles, Faiza's film documents her courageous and inspiring j...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Films bykids.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), [2014]
Series:Films on Demand.
Films bykids.
Subjects:
Child motion picture producers and directors.
Yemen (Republic) > Emigration and immigration.
Yemeni Americans > Social conditions.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (26 min., 47 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Moving to a new country was challenging for Faiza Almontaser, a 17-year-old from New York City, who immigrated with her family to the US from Yemen when she was in middle school. Mentored by the legendary pioneer of direct cinema, Albert Maysles, Faiza's film documents her courageous and inspiring journey from victim to activist.
Note:Originally released by WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), 2014.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 28, 2016.
Interest Grade Level:
9 & up.
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, August 16, 2016)