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As promised last week, here are more specific details about the premiere of Alaa’s film, The Adventures of ALS Boy.
Stanford University
School of Humanities & Sciences
Department of Art & Art History
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2009 Spring MFA Documentary Screening Number 3
Films by the First Year Students in the MFA program in Documentary Film & Video
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8 documentaries [...]

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Save the Date

Remember last month when I wrote about my experiences making a documentary with student filmmaker Alaa Al Dajani? Click here for a reminder.
Well, the film makes its big-screen debut next Thursday, June 11, 2009, on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto at 7 PM.
More specific details to follow once they are made available to [...]

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Important Note: Please read yesterday’s entry, entitled “Making the Movie Part 1“, before delving into this one. It should go a long way in explaining what’s been happening with the ALS Boy crew lately.
All caught up? Cool. Read on.
Day One of Filming (continued)
5:00 PM, Backyard. Fehmeen arrives home from school just in time for her [...]

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Making the Movie Part 1

Sometime around the beginning of April, I received a message via Facebook from a Stanford film student named Alaa. In his email, Alaa explained that he had read the Almanac piece on me and was interested in making a documentary about my story. A few phone convos and face to face sit-downs later, my agent [...]

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