Ali Reza Khoshkjan shares his journey from Tehran to Brooklyn, NY, to fulfill his dream of becoming a filmmaker. His short film “The Banned,” takes a look at the lives of Iranian-Americans affected by the Trump administration ban restricting travel from Muslim-majority countries. Ali reflects on the urgency to show another side of the human drama that transcends the news cycles. “The Banned” was Ali’s award-winning thesis film at The Brooklyn College Undergraduate Film Department.
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