Real Change

"This is not a hobby for us:" How three Somali filmmakers are reshaping Seattle's film industry

Three Seattle filmmakers are working to change that narrative.
Grand Forks Herald

Somali actor in 'Captain Phillips' makes Grand Forks his new home

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - A Somali man who earned a pivotal part in the new Tom Hanks movie, "Captain Phillips," is making North Dakota his new home. For 20-year-old Mahat Ali, it may seem an improbable ...
Reuters

British Somali women’s theatre gives the ‘Side eYe’ to exclusion

Actor Nadjma Abshir, 29, performs a scene from the play “Desperate Times”, a sell-out comedy by the Somali women’s theatre company “Side eYe Productions”, at the Rich Mix arts centre in London, ...
inforum

Robin Huebner Reports: Somali actor in 'Captain Phillips' makes Grand Forks his new home

GRAND FORKS - A Somali man who earned a pivotal part in the new Tom Hanks movie, "Captain Phillips," is making North Dakota his new home. For 20-year-old Mahat Ali, it may seem an improbable path from ...