Hany Abu Assad: From Gaza to Hollywood

How did Palestinian filmaker Abu-Assad achieve the impossible ? With zero film education and low-budget films about his home country Palestine, he made it to Hollywood and received two Oscar nominations, won the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at Cannes and a Golden Globe, with political low-budget films about his tormented home country. However, his dream is to make it to USA, the country that supports financially and militarily the repression of his own people. In his quest for Hollywood success, he discovers that giving up your political ideals and artistic integrity comes at a price.