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STRANGER AT THE GATE — One of the Best If Not the Best of the Best Anti-Islamophobia Films of the Year
7 min readSep 10, 2022
Tribeca Film Festival 2022 Best Documentary Short, Special Jury Mention & Grand Prize Winner, Documentary, 2022 Indy Shorts International Film Festival. More Awards in the Works
Film Review by Gregg W. Morris
Film Short, United States, 29 Minutes, English, English subtitles
Director: Joshua Seftel
All pictures in this article courtesy Press&Publicity, Adam Segal adam@the2050group.com
In this spellbinder by award-winning Director Joshua Seftel, Richard Mac McKinney, an ex-Marine whose military training and Afghanistan war experiences honed him into a lean, mean, killing machine, can’t shake free of the demons of PTSD and a searing hatred of Muslims after he returns home.
Driven inexorably, McKinney plans to blow up the Islamic Center of Muncie in Muncie, Indiana, hoping to slaughter as many Muslims as he can. The plan is tripped up by fates…
