"Whose Children Are These?" (Clip) | English <br />(28 min.; Release Year: 2004) <br /> <br /> <br />"Whose Children Are These?" provides a gripping view into the lives of three Muslim teenagers impacted by domestic national security measures. One such program, instituted after September 11, 2001, "Special Registration," required male non-citizens, as young as 16 from 25 countries, to register with the Department of Justice. Of those who registered, nearly 14,000 men were deported. <br /> <br />The film features Navila, an honors student who fought to have her father released from detention; Sarfaraz, a popular basketball player who confronts pending deportation; and Hager, a young woman who faces bias and is spurred into activism as a result. <br /> <br />Each of these young people comes from one of the twenty five countries profiled by the Special Registration program (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Egypt). <br /> <br /><br /> <br />** Winner, Best Documentary, <br />4th Annual Indian Diaspora Film Festival, New York, 2004<br />** Winner, Best Documentary, <br />Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2005<br />** Winner, Best Director for a Short Documentary, <br />Brooklyn Arts Council Int'l Film Festival, 2005<br />** Official Selection, Documentary Shorts, <br />Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM), 2005<br />** Official Selection, <br />Doc Fortnight, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, 2006<br />** Selected Film for Young Adults, <br />Young Adult Library Services Association, ALA, Chicago, 2007<br />** Nominee, Best Independent Mini-Documentary, <br />Black Reel Awards, Washington, DC, 2007<br /><br /><br /> <br />"Whose Children Are These?" <br /> <br />© 2004 <br /> <br />Theresa Thanjan <br /> <br />Maharani Productions
