Three Promises
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Three Promises
A Documentary

Team

 

Yousef Srouji / Director

Yousef is a first time documentary filmmaker and longtime storyteller. His work centers around understanding the dynamics of occupation in Palestine, and community resilience in conflict zones. He holds a Master of Development Practice from UC Berkeley and hopes to use his skills to aid and empower marginalized communities in the Middle East. Yousef spent the first part of his childhood in Palestine, then relocated to Qatar with his family in the midst of the Second Intifada. He attended the University of British Columbia, where he earned a BA in Economics. He has been a fellow with the SFFilm Catapult Documentary Fellowship, received production and post-production grants from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), and has been a fellow with the Gotham Documentary Feature Lab (formerly IFP Documentary Lab).

 

Marielle Olentine / Producer

Marielle is a seasoned multimedia storyteller and producer championing an observational approach to documentary filmmaking. From covering the beginning of the Syrian Civil War from Al Jazeera’s newsroom, to following presidential hopefuls on the campaign trail in 2016 for Huffington Post, and uncovering the personal stories behind some of the U.S.’s best restaurants for Bon Appétit, she has worked with top media companies to share human stories that seek to inspire understanding and meaningful connection across different backgrounds. Her work has appeared on HBO and VICE, and at Toronto Film Festival and SXSW.

 
 

Zein Khleif / CO-Producer

Zein is a Palestinian-American writer, producer, and actress. She graduated from Brown University with a BA in Political Psychology before moving to Los Angeles in pursuit of a storytelling career. Zein aims to take part in, and create, art that is powerful and transcends the stereotypes society has put on her Arab culture. Her goal is to humanize people of the Middle East - in all their races, religions, and ethnicities - and generate written and visual media highlighting the complexities of the region. She is dedicated to accurately representing the nuances of culture, and she advocates for diversity and equal representation both on screen and behind the camera.