Naked in America

Frogs sometimes reflect human characteristics.

In 2018 Hafiz and his closest people have gone through many things from happy, sad, disappointed, angry, honest, lying, traitors and many others. And this year Hafiz met with new things and new people.

Give a book, take a book, return a book. A wooden box filled with books has become the seed that has ignited an international movement. The simple idea of placing a small wooden structure filled with books to share with anyone who happens by is the brainchild of Wisconsinites, Rick Brooks and Todd Bol. The Little Free Library idea quickly moved from concept to reality thanks to the thousands of stewards throughout the world. Little did they know the impact their idea would have on individuals, neighborhoods and the international community.

Moment to Moment: Teens Growing Up With FASDs explores the lives of four adolescents with FASDs and the effect that prenatal alcohol exposure has had and continues to have on their journeys to finding independence, fulfillment, and understanding the world around them. The film takes an intimate and eye-opening journey into the lives of those affected by FASDs, their families and friends, and captures the challenges that families must overcome as children with FASDs reach maturity and attempt to strike out on their own as young adults.

A former US soldier ultimately finds her identity in wearing the veil, and despite societal prejudice, rises to become a vanguard of the American-Muslim community. She did it also with the support of her Imam, to whom she had proposed and now shares a family together.