PATRIOT ACTS Director: Sree Nollamothu Gene Siskel Center on Saturday, March 27th at 8pm. 60 minutes
Patriot Acts explores the human cost of the Bush Administration's controversial NSEERS program. Inspired by post-9/11 national security concerns, NSEERS (also known as "Special Registration") required all non-immigrant, Muslim males over the age of 16 to register with the Department of Homeland Security.
Patriot Acts penetrates into the heart of a predominantly Pakistani and Indian community on Chicago's North Side and tells the stories of two men: Tariq Moti, a dancer detained twice by immigration authorities after 9/11, and Mohammad Tariq, a father who came to the United States in search of medical care for his two blind children. The documentray follows Mr. Moti and Mr. Tariq as the two men navigate a maze of newly minted and controversial immigration laws while under the constant threat of arrest, detention, and deportation.
The film also features Chicago immigration lawyer Christopher Helt, Department of Homeland Security official Carol Hollstrom, human-rights activist Sister Dorothy Pagosa of the 8th-Day Center for Justice, and Pakistani community leader and radio talk-show host Dr. Mujahid Ghazi.
Set in March 2003, on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Patriot Acts
captures the turmoil and confusion of a moment during the U.S. Government's
'war on terror' when basic civil liberties were sacrificed at the altar of a
false security. In December 2003, the Department of Homeland Security
suspended Special Registration while denying accusations of racial or
religious profiling. Ultimately, over 83,000 men from 25 predominantly
Muslim countries registered. None were charged as terrorists.
Patriot Acts provides a human perspective of an issue that has been surprisingly muted in most news coverage but has devastated hundreds of thousands of people.
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