Ramadan Banquet 2023: Screening of Oscar-nominated film “Stranger at the Gate”
About the Speaker
Joshua Seftel is an academy award-nominated director and producer. For the past 8 years, he has been using filmmaking to combat Islamophobia with his Emmy and Peabody-nominated series of short documentaries Secrect Life of Muslims (SXSW). Stranger at the Gate, which has been nominated for a 2023 Academy Award, is the latest of these films. Seftel, who faced anti-Semitism as a child, has been deeply connected and committed to this subject matter. His previous films include Taking on the Kennedys (POV), War Inc (Tribeca), the Home Team (SXSW), and the Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano (NYT Op-Docs, IDA Award Winner).
