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CROWS ARE WHITE

• Director: Ahsen Nadeem
• USA / 2022 / DCP / Colour / 97’ / English, Japanese; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Ahsen Nadeem, Matt H. Mayes, Dawn Light Blackman
• Director of Photography: Matthew Nauser
• Editing: Kimberley Hassett, Weston Currie
• Music: Logan Nelson
• Producer: Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo, Ahsen Nadeem, Ben Renzo, Jill Ahrens, Ryan Ahrens
• Production Co.: MEMORY, Argent Pictures, Normal Content
• World Sales: Autlook Filmsales GmbH

2022 Bergen Documentaire Extraordinaire
2022 Savannah (USA) Best Cinematography

Shot over five years on three continents, Crows are White is an exploration of truth, faith and love, from the top of a mountain to the bottom of a sundae. For over a thousand years, a secretive Buddhist sect has lived in an isolated monastery in Japan performing acts of extreme physical endurance in their pursuit of enlightenment. After decades of living a secret life, a Muslim filmmaker from the USA, sets off to this strict monastery in search of answers. When he arrives, his presence is not welcomed and the only monk who will speak with him is an outcast who prefers ice cream and Slayer to meditation. Together they forge an unlikely friendship that leads them to higher truths and occasionally, a little trouble. Crows are White is the first feature-length film of writer, director and producer, Ahsen Nadeem, who was born in Saudi Arabia and immigrated first to Ireland and eventually the United States.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.