Resident Exile 1981
Two months in the life of an Iranian living in Houston, Texas during the Iranian/American hostage crisis; portrait of a man without a country.
Co-produced, directed, and edited by Ross McElwee with Michel Negroponte and Alexandra Anthony
"Harrowing portrait of a young Iranian who has escaped the tortures of the Shah’s regime only to discover subtler forms of terror living in Houston during the hostage crisis. A heartbreaking film."
—Boston Phoenix
—Boston Phoenix