Cigarettes Directed by Sarah Mokh
NORA is a young Muslim on the brink of adulthood, waiting for her college decisions and helping her single mom take care of her younger sister. On her way to school, she stops to fill gas and finds a middle-aged Muslim man, ALI, bumming cigarettes outside the gas station. She goes inside to buy him a pack of cigarettes. When she comes outside, she finds Ali in a compromising situation. Nora intervenes, and soon, she and Ali are zooming around town trying to come up with cash.
The film deals with questions of addiction, faith, and the cycles we find ourselves trapped in through the lens of two Muslim characters at different crossroads in their lives.
