Towelhead

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Also Known As Nothing is Private

Towelhead tells the story of a young Arab girl named Jasira (Summer Bishil), who is sent to live with her strict Lebanese father (Peter Macdissi), who lives in a small town in Texas during the first Gulf War. Jasira struggles against her father's lifestyle, and against her racist classmates. For the first time in her life, the painful truth of being an Arab hits Jasira, causing her to become sexually obsessed with her neighbor: a bigoted army reservist (Aaron Eckhart).

Cast
Summer Bishil as Jasira
Aaron Eckhart as Mr. Vuoso
Peter Macdissi as Rifat
Toni Collette as Melina
Maria Bello as Gail
Eugene Jones III as Thomas Bradley
Matt Letscher as Gil
Chase Ellison as Zack
Lynn Collins as Thena

Detail Info
Directed by Alan Ball
Produced by Alan Ball, Ted Hope, Steven M. Rales
Written by
screenplay: Alan Ball
novel: Alicia Erian
Music by Thomas Newman
Distributed by Warner Independent
Release date(s) 12 September 2008 (limited)
Running time 116 mins.
Country United States
Language English