At long last, The Adventures of ALS Boy (the movie) comes to a computer screen near you. A thousand thank you’s to my friend and filmmaker Alaa Al Dajani for providing my family with such a beautiful and incredible keepsake for us to treasure. Also, thanks for uploading it online so we can share your [...]
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ALS Boy: The Movie
Posted in Documentary on April 22, 2011 | 10 Comments »
World Premiere of the Documentary
Posted in Documentary on June 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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 - - – 2009 Spring MFA Documentary Screening Number 3 Films by the First Year Students in the MFA program in Documentary [...]
Save the Date
Posted in Documentary on June 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Making the Movie Part 2
Posted in Documentary on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Making the Movie Part 1
Posted in Documentary on April 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
