Anahita Monfared

A Latina filmmaker develops an attraction to her Muslim schoolmate and a fallout occurs when their friends and family discover their relationship.

Suddenly Slaughter follows an immigrant director whose staging of a 1971 Iranian play about greed and alienation mirrors his own struggles with exclusion, loneliness, and the immigrant experience.

Filming their lives, five high school friends document themselves drifting apart over their college years.

Watching the Women Life Freedom revolution unfold in her home country of Iran from abroad, Mahnaz wishes to make a difference when she begins to befriend Roshan, who reminds her of home.

For decades, childhood best friends Kate and Tully have weathered life's storms together -- until a betrayal threatens to break them apart for good.