"AmericanEast" DC filmfest

Story:
When he's not trying to prevent his son from converting to Christianity or police his teenaged daughter's druggie friends, Egyptian restaurateur Moustafa juggles the demands of his run-down café with tangled family obligations. And although everyone's against the idea of him opening a classy joint with Jewish pal Sam, Muslim Moustafa has faith?until a gung-ho FBI agent detains him at the airport. Proving once again that comedy is the best medicine, AmericanEast is a tonic for racial intolerance and suspicion, an affirmation of Arab-American pride and resolve in the land of the free. With a strong cast headlined by Tony Shalhoub, who won an Emmy for his television role as Monk, Anthony Azizi from "Lost" and "Commander In Chief," and co-scripter Sayed Badreya, AmericanEast maintains a palpable tension between social point-making and workaday soap opera. The result is a solid, homegrown Muslims-in-our-midst tale. -Ronnie Scheib, Variety.

Directions:
Take Metro Blue, Green, Orange, Red and Yellow lines at the Metro Center or Gallery Place/Chinatown metro stops. Three hours free parking with validation at Gallery Place Parking on 6th Street between G and H.

Tickets:
General Admission is $10.00. Special Admissions are noted.

Tickets are available through Tickets.com by calling (800) 955-5566 between 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM Monday through Sunday, and online at www.tickets.com. No Tickets.com sales the day of the show.

Tickets may also be purchased online at all Olsson's Books and Records and CD Game Exchange stores.

Tickets are also available at each theatre one hour before the first show of the day. Cash or check sales only at the theatres.

http://www.filmfestdc...
http://www.filmfestdc...