Finding Talib (2013)

Actors: Sugith Varughese (actor), Marvin Ishmael (actor), Shawn Ahmed (editor), Shawn Ahmed (producer), Shawn Ahmed (writer), Shawn Ahmed (director), Shawn Ahmed (actor), Dinesh Sachdev (producer), Scott Leaver (actor), Scott Leaver (producer), Scott Leaver (writer), Christine Aziz (actress), Kaveesh Dissanayake (actor), Michael Crumpton (composer), Sekou Rennie (actor),

Plot: Finding Talib is the first of a series of comedic, ten minute shorts that explore the origins of religious extremism in a Western, middle-class man. Talib is a twenty-two-year-old, Caucasian man. As a baby he was adopted by parents who immigrated to Canada from Pakistan. Moderate Muslims, Talib's parents have become worried that their adopted son's beliefs are becoming too extreme and ask him to explore his past, hoping he will find new perspectives on religion and life. With his adopted brother Sid at his side, Talib sets off on a journey of self-discovery as he seeks out the family that gave him up for adoption and explores other faiths and lifestyles.

The Outpost (2012)

Actors: Jamil Jalla (producer), Jamil Jalla (actor), Farooq Baraki (actor), Jalil Hussaini (editor), Sayed Jamil Hussaini (producer), Qader Ariayi (actor), Sayed Jalal Hussaini (director),

Black Gold (2011)

Actors: Mark Strong (actor), Jean-Jacques Annaud (director), James Horner (composer), Eriq Ebouaney (actor), Antonio Banderas (actor), Tarak Ben Ammar (producer), Jean-Jacques Annaud (writer), Hervé Schneid (editor), Corey Johnson (actor), Tanya Blumstein (miscellaneous crew), Hichem Rostom (actor), Natasha Gomes de Almeida (miscellaneous crew), Joel Proust (miscellaneous crew), Driss Roukhe (actor), Adriano Giannini (actor),

Plot: In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Arabia, Emir Nesib of Hobeika defeats Sultan Amar of Salma after years of war between their tribes and they make a peace treaty creating "The Yellow Belt", a large no man's land that would separate their lands and would not belong to neither of them. Further, Nesib demands the sons of Amar, Saleh and Auda, to be raised together with his children Tarik and Leyla by him in Hobeika as a guarantee of their agreement. Fifteen years later, representatives of the Texas Oil find oil in the Yellow Belt and the modern and liberal Emir Nesib sees the opportunity to improve and modernize the life of his tribe, building hospitals and schools, and the American Company begins the exploitation of the oil field, violating the peace pact. Nasib sends a representative to make an agreement with the fundamentalist Sultan Amar, but he does not accept the offer. Saleh decides to travel to Salma to talk to his father and kills his two companions, but he is captured and murdered by Tarik. Prince Auda and Princess Leyla are in love with each other since they were children and they get married with the full permission of Nesib. Auda travels to Salma expecting to convince his father to associate to Nesib, but the conservative Amar does not accept the proposal and decides to fight against Nesib. Now, Prince Auda shall decide in which side he will pick and fight.

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Battle (2011)

Actors: Dave R. Watkins (actor), Dave R. Watkins (actor), Michael D. Friedman (actor), Martin L. Kelley (writer), Star Victoria (miscellaneous crew), Martin L. Kelley (producer), Chris Burns (actor), Christopher Thomas (actor), Haji Abdullah (actor), Candace Mabry (actress), Samantha Worthen (actress), Ted Huckabee (actor), Taurean Blacque (actor), Cassius Weathersby (producer), Arvell Poe (actor),

Plot: Set in Atlanta's hip hop underground scene, Rippa, (Conrad Clifton) a struggling music producer, working on his latest tracks for a regional beat battle, loses everything after a robbery. While lying low, he is forced to get back to the music and prove he has real talent. With the help of his friends, he'll devise a mix to bring down the house and get him closer to being the beat battle champion.

Drugs 101 (2010)

Actors: Jamel Wade (writer), Jamel Wade (actor), Jamel Wade (producer), Jamel Wade (director), Adam Wade (actor), Kevin Scullin (actor), Lord Jamar (actor), Leslie Alexander (actress), Leslie Alexander (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Gielen (producer), Boise Holmes (actor), Rasha Mella (producer), Rasha Mella (actress), Justin Hurtt-Dunkley (actor), Popa Wu (actor),

Plot: Drug 101 is a story of an African American family who tries to use the illicit drug trade to free themselves from poverty and provide a safe haven for their children. One night the foolishness of this approach comes crashing down on them and sends them into a self-destructive spiral that takes years to stop. The father, the son Chip and the baby all die on the same night. The mother begins her dependence on crack and alcohol. The remaining two sons, Jamal and Malcolm take two opposite roads...one becomes a drug dealer the other has the opportunity to take "the road less traveled by" and use his academic gifts to escape, but he is torn. Jamal took the blame for his thoughtless act years ago and even after being imprisoned, reaches out to save him one more time. The daughter falls in love, gets pregnant and leaves the family. Both she and Malcolm try to free the mother from the ravages of her addiction. Ultimately, the story is one of redemption. The triumph of the human spirit, the saving of a family, the healing of a community, the freeing of a people are all embodied in this story. The seed money from the All Road Grant will help to produce the beginning flashback sequence of the feature film. It is a complete short story in and of itself. It has the potential of a powerful short film on the ravages of drugs to the family and community. That is the strength of this endowment; it will help to complete the feature while providing a short film that will stand on its own while also providing a promotional opportunity for the feature. All behavior has consequences and the consequences of drugs to the African American community plays out nightly on the news. We live in the best of times for our community in that we have the best role model, an African American President of the United States. Yet we still live in the worst of times for those of us who still live in poverty, in drug infested communities seemingly separate from the promise of America. The $10,000 endowment will allow Seven Lights Productions to shine a light on a path to promise, to success, to healing that is available to all of us if we pull together to encourage the next generation.

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Imprecation (2009)

Actors: Moniere (writer), Moniere (director), Moniere (producer), Joe Fiorello (producer), Rick Dawson (actor), Andrew Said Thomas (producer), Andrew Said Thomas (editor), Irv Johnson (composer), Mitch Sterlacci (producer), Neosho Piovo (editor), Patrick Kendall (producer), Yochai Weiss (miscellaneous crew), Selcuk Oksuzoglu (miscellaneous crew), Eddie Yaghen (actor), Arzoh Noor (actress),

Faith in Ruins (2009)

Actors: Jade Asha (writer), Jade Asha (producer), Jade Asha (actor), Robert Dietman (editor), Robert Dietman (actor), Robert Dietman (producer), Robert Dietman (writer), Robert Dietman (composer), Robert Dietman (director), Luke Todd (director), Luke Todd (actor), Shaeran Thomas (actress), Leon Bradley (composer), Leon Bradley (editor), Karma Rae (actor),

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Al Qarem (2006)

Actors: Gerard Adimando (actor), Christina Myhr (actress), Marinho Nobre (composer), Shilpi Gupta (producer), Steven Komito (actor), Genia Nunez (actress), Kostas Paragios (actor), Suzanne Lynch (actress), Allan Mazzini (actor), Ajmal Yourish (director), Affandy Yacoob (director), Affandy Yacoob (actor), Ajmal Yourish (producer), Affandy Yacoob (writer), Ajmal Yourish (writer),

Plot: The film itself focuses on an Afghani family living in Queens, before and after the historical catastrophe. Federal agents abduct a friend of this family investigating money transfers to an uncle in Afghanistan during the reign of the Taliban. The son makes it his mission in life to release him. This situation is intensified by having to watch out for hate crimes carried out by angry commoners as a false sense of retaliatory attack for 9/11. What makes this setting all the more wild is that events depicted have been interpolated from a true story. The motion picture thus analyzes the effectiveness of profiling when it comes to terrorism, the validity of the "enemy combatant" claim when denying right to trial, and other pressing moral issues that will continue to be debated long after the now global conflict subsides.

Od içinda (1978)

Actors: Mukhtar Maniyev (actor), Nikolai Barmin (actor), Yuriy Sorokin (actor), Yasar Nuri (actor), Viktor Kosykh (actor), Ivan Kosykh (actor), Gamlet Khani-zade (actor), Aladdin Abbasov (actor), Dadash Kyazimov (actor), Boris Rudnev (actor), Emin Sabit-Ogly (composer), Gümrah Rahimov (actor), Anatoli Falkovich (actor), Sadiq Hasanzada (actor), Samandar Rzayev (actor),

Rampage (1963)

Actors: Gene Milford (editor), Jack Hawkins (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Elsa Martinelli (actress), Elmer Bernstein (composer), Phil Karlson (director), Alan Caillou (writer), Stefan Schnabel (actor), Marguerite Roberts (writer), Émile Genest (actor), Sabu (actor), David Cadiente (actor), Allyson Ames (actress), Thomas D. Tannenbaum (producer), Jerome Bixby (writer),

Plot: A German zoo hires two hunters to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia. The girlfriend of one of the hunters accompanies them on their hunt, which tenses the situation as the other hunter becomes attracted to her.