Hate Crime Film: A Dream in Doubt

Following 9/11, there was an unfortunate rise in hate crimes directed at Muslims, Arabs and South Asians in the United States. I call these heinous acts the de-Americanization of individuals who are of certain immigrant backgrounds. They are the result of vigilante racism where the perpetrators feel emboldened or deputized to enforce a Euro-centric vision of America. See: Vigilante Racism: The De-Americanization of Immigrant America, 7 Mich.  J. of Race and L. 441 (2002).

Here is an announcement on the Oakland and San Francisco Premieres of a moving film on one of these post-9/11 hate crimes:

A DREAM IN DOUBT By Tami Yeager
It was the first hate-based murder in the wake of September 11, 2001-one of thousands of reported and unreported hate crimes in the years that followed. The victim: a turbaned Sikh man in Mesa Arizona, where his family had sought religious freedom, searching for the American Dream. Meet a family still determined to believe in that dream, even as the nightmare continues for many religious and ethnic minorities in a climate of xenophobia and fear.

Tuesday, April 1 at 6:30 PM
Oakland Museum of California
James Moore Theatre
1000 Oak Street
Free parking in museum garage, entrance on Oak Street
One block from Lake Merritt Bart

Post Screening Discussion Featuring:

PREETMOHAN SINGH
Co-Producer “A DREAM IN DOUBT”

JAIDEEP SINGH
Managing Director, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund

DR. JP SINGH
Founding Member of the Sikh Center of The San Francisco Bay Area

Moderated By:
ANURAG WADHERA
South Asian American Film and Arts Association

Wednesday, April 9 at 6:00 PM
San Francisco Main Public Library
Koret Auditorium

100 Larkin Street
One block from Civic Center Bart
Post Screening Discussion Featuring:

HARPREET SANDHU
City of Richmond City Council Member

MANDEEP DHILLON
Development Director, “A DREAM IN DOUBT”

Co-Sponsors: The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, The Sikh Student Association of UC Berkeley, The South Asian American Film and Arts Association and Colorlines Magazine
Series Sponsors: ITVS Community Cinema, KQED Education Network, The Oakland Museum of California, The Oakland Film Office, The San Francisco Public Library, Access SF, Bay Area Video Coalition and Hands on Bay Area

Both screenings are free and open to the public. Reservations recommended, email roseli_ilano@itvs.org

For more information visit www.pbs.org/independentlens/dreamindoubt www.myspace.com/communitycinemabayarea

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