Kickstart this: Barzan
In 2005, Sam “Barzan” Malkandi, an Iraqi immigrant and family man, was working toward a piece of the American Dream in a Seattle suburb. But a footnote in the 9/11 Commission Report, connecting him to a high-level Al-Qaeda operative, changed everything. After five years of detention and multiple appeals he was deported back to Iraq leaving behind his wife and two children.
Sam “Barzan” Malkandi came to the Pacific Northwest in 1999 after fleeing a trail of war and personal tragedy that stretched from Iraq to Iran to Pakistan. But just as he seemed to be realizing the American dream of peace and prosperity, an FBI investigation was opened linking him directly to one of the worlds most nefarious terrorists in the world.
Though Malkandi seems to be a kind, hardworking, family man, the evidence against him is disturbing. Is he an industrious immigrant looking for his piece of the American dream, a dupe caught up in a international terror plot, or an enemy in disguise?
More than a decade after 9/11 attacks, this film takes on the black and white morality that defined the War on Terror and uncovers a darker truth; that at a time of heightened fear, our efforts to protect the American dream may actually do more to destroy it.
The producers of Barzan are currently raising post-production funds for the film and have launched a Kickstarter campaign in support of this. Take a look at the trailer, below, and then head over to the film’s Kickstarter page and pitch in.
The Trailer
