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If Birds Believed in God

Drama
0.0·2025·0h 22m

The story follows a day in the life of Ismail, a Palestinian photographer whose American upbringing was shaped by his grandfather’s displacement durin...

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Adam Budron

Adam Budron

Ismail

Nasser Faris

Nasser Faris

Muhammad

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Leila

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Jade Ziane

Khalid

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Leyla Modirzadeh

Farha

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Eyas Elkhateeb

Young Boy

Ron Fallica

Ron Fallica

Interviewer

Martin Pfefferkorn

Martin Pfefferkorn

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DIRECTOR

Samer Saifan

OVERVIEW

The story follows a day in the life of Ismail, a Palestinian photographer whose American upbringing was shaped by his grandfather’s displacement during the 1948 Palestine Nakba. When Ismail’s mother gifts him his grandfather’s keffiyeh—a traditional Palestinian scarf—it triggers an internal struggle between shame and pride in his cultural identity, all unfolding against the ominous backdrop of rising violence against Palestinians.