Synopsis

Coming Home follows Freedom Dabka Group - a collective of Palestinian-American dancers, living in Bay Ridge (Brooklyn) who use Dabka as a way to connect to their community and homeland. Shot on 16mm under the unique constraints of 2020-21, featuring archive photography from The Palestinian Museum.

USA
10 minutes

2021
English and Arabic
 

Written and Directed by Naim Naif and Margot Bowman

Produced by Meghan Doherty, Naim Naif & Margot Bowman

Introducing - Freedom Dabka Group

Cinematographer: Kenny Suleimanagich

Editor: Aika Miyake

Music Director: Gisela Fullà Silvestre

Colorist: Houmam Abdallah

Production Manager: Sokhna Samb

Translation: Sloan Abihaidar

Sound: Ken Goodwin (Silver Sound) and Peter Getz (Sound Co-op)

Archive photography - The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive

Awards:

World Premiere: South By South West (Austin, Texas)

Palm Springs International Short Fest (Palm Springs, California)

Nantucket Film Festival (Nantucket, Massachusetts)

Rooftop Films Summer Series (New York, NY)

Official selection of season 5 of POV on PBS, to air in December 2022.