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Critically Acclaimed Documentary “The Letter” Nominated For Best Documentary
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Critically Acclaimed Documentary “The Letter” Nominated For Best Documentary

Hamzeh Mystique Films’ critically acclaimed feature-length documentary "The Letter" has been nominated for Best Documentary at the 12th annual Pan-African Film Festival (www.paff.org) in Los Angeles. The film will screen at the festival on February 13th & 14th during Black History Month.

LA Weekly calls "The Letter" “…a thoughtful, historically grounded and utterly absorbing look at a quintessential American experience”. Variety hails it as “…an especially dramatic work of polemical reportage on racism in America…A study of the American dream in collapse.”

"The Letter" chronicles the turmoil predominately white Lewiston, Maine faces when 1,100 former Somali refugees relocate there en-masse in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy –referred to as the “Somali invasion” by the international news media.

A firestorm of controversy erupts when the Lewiston mayor sends an open letter to the Somali community asking them to tell friends and family not to move into the city. The conflict escalates into competing “hate” and “peace” rallies held simultaneously and separated by only a few miles. The “hate” rally staged by Reverend Matt Hale’s World Church of the Creator, a white separatist group, and a “peace” rally organized by the Many & One Coalition, a local community group, necessitates the largest police action in Maine’s history to ensure the safety of the city’s residents.

Premiering at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival in November 2003, "The Letter" explores in microcosm the dynamics of immigration many cities and countries worldwide now confront in this post-9/11 age, and the clash of alien cultures and religions that inevitably follows.

"The Letter" has been written about in AP wire stories and is will be a featured segment on NPR’s Here and Now. It is currently available for acqusition. Screeners are available for review.

For more information about "The Letter" please contact Bert Brown at bert@hamzehmystiquefilms.com.
Or visit the website: www.HamzehMystiqueFilms.com/TheLetter

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