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Follow on Google News | American Jihadist to Screen at New York’s IFC CenterAmerican Jihadist, winner of the 16th Annual Slamdance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Film, will be presented at a special screening on Monday, March 8 at 8pm at the IFC Center in New York City.
By: Mark Claywell A look at militant Islam through the eyes of an American who fought for it, American Jihadist is the story of Isa Abdullah Ali, a.k.a. Cleven Raphael Holt, who grew up in the ghettos of America’s capitol and was surrounded by physical and psychological violence from birth. The feature-length documentary considers the role that such violence and lack of hope for the future play in the development of radicalism and poses the question: “What makes a person willing to kill and die for their religion?” As the founder of Hype Media, Inc., and with over 20 years of experience as an award-winning commercial director, Mark Claywell has created and directed various national and international advertising campaigns for Fortune 500 companies. Claywell directed, shot, produced and edited the majority of the footage for American Jihadist including interviews in Bosnia, Lebanon, Iran, England, Washington, DC, Boston, and New York City. This is his first feature film. Jody Jenkins (Writer/Producer) Francois Bringer (Cameraman) regularly produces and films documentaries and reports for Channel 4 (UK), CNN, CBS, 60 Minutes, the History Channel and Al Jazeera English. The 2010 Slamdance Film Festival received a record number of over 5,000 submissions from every continent and programmed 91 films this year including eight documentaries. Slamdance takes place each year in Utah at the same time as the Sundance Film Festival, competing to provide a truer representation of independent filmmaking. Programmed by filmmakers for filmmakers, Slamdance has earned a solid reputation for premiering films by first-time writers and directors working within the creative confines of limited budgets. For more information on Slamdance, please visit www.slamdance.com. American Jihadist is represented by Circus Road Films located in Santa Monica, CA. All rights to the story are available. For more information, please contact Sebastian Twardosz at 818/613-5466 or Seb@circusroadfilms.com, or visit the film’s website at www.americanjihadist.com. To schedule an interview with Mark Claywell, please contact Hype Media, Inc. at 912/234-6962 or email Mark Claywell at claywell@americanjihadist.com. End
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