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Mohamed Yousry: A Life Stands Still

Mary Billyou

2006 00:20:00 United StatesEnglishColorStereo4:3Video
Tags:
Middle East, Politics, Portrait, September 11th, Surveillance

Description

Mohamed Yousry: A Life Stands Still (also known as Good Translator) is a short documentary about Mohamed Yousry, a naturalized American citizen who's life changed radically after September 11, 2001. Mohamed immigrated to the United States in 1980. For the next twenty years, he developed a full and happy life, as a husband, father, and academic. On September 13, 2001 Mohamed was approached by the FBI on his doorstep in Queens, NY. After appeal processes and an attempt to extradite him, Mohamed was sentenced to four years in a federal penitentiary in Fort Worth, TX. There, he was one of two Arabs in the prison population. Since his release, with the help of his friends and family, he is trying to piece his life together again.

This title is also available on Charged in the Name of Terror.

About Mary Billyou

Mary Billyou is a New York-based filmmaker. In addition to her independent work, she has collaborated with prominent performance artists of the New York scene, extending their work’s life through documentation. Her independent work has been noted in publications including Artforum, Artnet, Octopus Journal, and The New York Times. It has screened internationally at venues including: Antimatter, Ambulante Itinerant Film Festival, CROSSROADS Film Festival, Film Mutations, Images Festival, The New Museum, Spectacle Theater, and White Box Gallery. She is the recipient of awards from The New York State Council for the Arts, The Jerome Foundation and The Black Maria Film Festival. Billyou received her MFA in Film, Video, and New Media from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and attended The Whitney Independent Study Program.