Rain In A Dry Land
Written, Produced and Directed by Anne Makepeace; Edited by Mary Lampson; Associate Produced by Su Kim

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Synopsis:
A documentary that illuminates a stratum of U.S. life as much as it does the plight of the African émigré as it follows two subject families in their transition from Somalian refugee camp to underclass America.

Reviews:
“Rigorously intimate and disarmingly affectionate… Joel Goodman's music, a wedding of African influences and blues, makes its own gradual transition as the film progresses, moving from an African to a more Americanized vernacular as the two families become more accustomed to their new homes…. and their children adjust, or maladjust, to their problems.”  -  John Anderson, Variety, Mar. 8, 2006

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Awards:
2006 Full Frame FF - Working Films Award

Film Festivals:
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2006;  Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2006