In Celebration of Arab-American Heritage Month!

Join us at the Ives Main Library every Friday at 2 pm for a free film screening! Our selections for April 2024 celebrate Arab-American Heritage Month!

AmericanEast is a timely, poignant drama about Arab-Americans living in post-9/11 Los Angeles. The story examines long-held misunderstandings about Arabic and Islamic culture, and puts a human face on a segment of the U.S. population whom most Americans know nothing about, but who today are of particular interest to them, either from curiosity or suspicion. The story highlights the pressures under which many Arab-Americans now live by focusing on the points-of-view of three main characters.

(2008, R, 1hr 50 min)