Continuing with Arab-American Heritage Month, we have another special Arab guest today. Today's special guest is SALIM LAHAM, a filmmaker andmusician from Lebanon that calls Dearborn home now. A storyteller by his own right, he fell in love with movies from a young age when his father used to take him to a movie rental store in Detroit, yeah remember those? As he started memorizing his favorite films and his love grew for cinema, so did his love for music…which is prevalent in his recent short film “Joy” which has been enjoying an amazing run on the Festival Circuit, playing across many festivals in Michigan and nationwide, picking up several Best Short Film accolades along the way. In fact, today’s episode is the audio pulled from an Instagram live interview I did with the acclaimed emerging filmmaker and specifically talked about his start and journey and the “Joys” of filmmaking in Hollywood as an Arab artist. But don’t let me spill the chai, let’s let Salim spill his own chai.

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Lists & Links for Our Guest:

His official Instagrams: @samthecritic & @samthefilmmaker and His official YouTube channel for "What the Flop".

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Credits:

This episode was recorded in San Francisco, CA and Dearborn, MI, produced and edited by Jon Akkawi. DOP: Mera Nino. Art Direction: Rosy Nino. Logo Design: Christina Raie. Theme Music: "Arab Trap" by Chef Elon. The Hollywood Chai is a BOUGIE ARABS ENTERTAINMENT production.