Firedancer (2002)
Fire Dancer (original title)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Baktash Zaher	...	Haris
	Mariam Weiss	...	Laila
	Yunis Azizi	...	Rustum
	Samira Cameron	...	Zohra
	Omar Arzo	...	Farhad
	Atia Jewayni	...	Laila's Mother
	Freshta Sadeed	...	Parwanah
	Rebecca Sadeed
	Rabani Sadeed
	Sean Attebury	...	Jacques
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Carolyn DeMerice	...	Female Friend in Gallery
	George Pogatsia	...	Art gallery patron

Storyline

The film follows Haris, a hip, handsome Afghan-American artist who shows his work at a downtown Manhattan art gallery. His story explores the ramifications of leaving Afghanistan and living as a refugee in America. Haris seems to be an all-American guy except that he creates strange installations of hanging ropes, and suffers from terrible visions- of himself as a child in Afghanistan in traditional dress, of smoke and bombs, of his dead parents and the Russian soldier who shot them during the Soviet invasion. Haris embarks on a journey through the world of Afghan-Americans to learn more about their culture, and there he finds both humor and tragedy. He meets Sunny, an Afghan immigrant hot dog vendor, whose son is a would-be rapper, among others, and falls for Laila, a fashion designer who still carries the expectations of her traditional parents. Written by Anonymous  

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