Sam Malkandi, an Iraqi immigrant to the US, was a beloved husband and father of two working toward his piece of the American Dream. But a footnote in the 9/11 Comission Report, connecting him to a high-level Al Qaeda operative through his childhood nickname changed everything.
“Barzan,” a documentary directed and produced by a collaboration of journalists and filmmakers, examines the case against Sam Malkandi and explores the controversial issues of immigration, xenophobia and the price of security in the 21st century. This film takes audiences on a geopolitical journey from the front lines of the Iran-Iraq War to the the refugee camps of Pakistan and finally into the opaque government agencies charged with keeping us safe at all costs.
