Ali Reza
Watching the Detectives
Neil er en skikkelig filmfrik som eier en liten videobutikk. Når han ikke sitter som naglet fast foran fjernsynsapparatet og en eller annen film noir, diskuterer han film med de to medarbeiderne sine, supernerden Lucien og den noe mer stabile Jonathan. En dag dukker den mystiske Violet opp i Neils videoverden og de føler seg umiddelbart tiltrukket av hverandre. Men hvem er hun?
Man Push Cart
MAN PUSH CART tells the story of Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi), a former Pakistani rock singer who ekes out a living selling coffee and donuts to morning commuters from his push cart in Midtown Manhattan. Ahmad supplements his income by selling bootleg porn DVDs, carefully saving his money to afford a place where he might be able to live with his estranged young son.It is a harsh, often humiliating life, but Ahmad carries on with a stoic dignity and sensitivity, seemingly determined to find his way. Then the dull routine of his life is brightened by two developments: the arrival of a young Spanish woman (Leticia Dolera) working down the street in a newspaper kiosk; and an offer of assistance from a wealthy fellow Pakistani (Charles Daniel Sandoval), who remembers Ahmad's former life as a rock star.While Ahmad strives to pursue these two new possibilities at a better life, the film returns regularly to the act of him setting up his cart in the early morning darkness: his preparations for opening, the other immigrant.