KNOW YOUR PLACE

KNOW YOUR PLACE

A film by Zia Mohajerjasbi

DIRECTED BY

Zia Mohajerjasbi

WRITTEN BY

Zia Mohajerjasbi

PRODUCED BY

Ty Walker, Zia Mohajerjasbi

CAST

Joseph Smith, Natnael Mebrahtu, Selamawit Gebresus

SYNOPSIS

Robel Haile, an Eritrean-American boy of 15, embarks on an errand to deliver a huge and heavy suitcase across town destined for a sick family member in his parents’ homeland. He enlists the help of his best friend Fahmi Tadesse, when an unexpected turn transmutes his simple task into an odyssey across the rapidly gentrifying city of Seattle; navigating directions to make his delivery on time, along with the challenges of familial responsibility, self-identification, and dislocation amid the ongoing redevelopment and economic displacement of the only community he’s ever known as home.

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KNOW YOUR PLACE

DIRECTED BY: Zia Mohajerjasbi

WRITTEN BY: Zia Mohajerjasbi

PRODUCED BY: Ty Walker, Zia Mohajerjasbi

CAST: Joseph Smith, Natnael Mebrahtu, Selamawit Gebresus

SYNOPSIS:
Robel Haile, an Eritrean-American boy of 15, embarks on an errand to deliver a huge and heavy suitcase across town destined for a sick family member in his parents’ homeland. He enlists the help of his best friend Fahmi Tadesse, when an unexpected turn transmutes his simple task into an odyssey across the rapidly gentrifying city of Seattle; navigating directions to make his delivery on time, along with the challenges of familial responsibility, self-identification, and dislocation amid the ongoing redevelopment and economic displacement of the only community he’s ever known as home.