Someone I Lost
12/10/2018 | 2m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
SOMEONE I LOST, a film by Riyaz Ali.
Six years after the death of his mother, Riyaz Ali recalls memories of everyday life with her, from taking family road trips together to the way she used to pick out his clothes for him. Juxtaposing his recollection of childhood with scenes from his life today as a young man in New York, Ali shares his love and grief in this elegiac tribute.
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Muslim Youth Voices is a production of the Center for Asian American Media. Funding provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Someone I Lost
12/10/2018 | 2m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Six years after the death of his mother, Riyaz Ali recalls memories of everyday life with her, from taking family road trips together to the way she used to pick out his clothes for him. Juxtaposing his recollection of childhood with scenes from his life today as a young man in New York, Ali shares his love and grief in this elegiac tribute.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(phone vibrating) MAN: Remember the time we would make fruitcake together every Christmas?
Every day you would pick out my clothes.
And I would always look good.
(car door closes, engine starts) Those family vacations were all in the car.
Zraz and me would fight in the back seat.
(people talking in background) But you always keep the peace.
You always kept the house clean.
Well, until you got sick.
♪ Then I had to get off my ass and do something.
Or when you would check all my schoolwork.
And you wouldn't make me get straight As.
Umm... yeah, six years later, here I am.
A little bit bigger now.
Mom, I really miss you.
You meant everything to me.
You meant everything to all of us.
♪
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Muslim Youth Voices is a production of the Center for Asian American Media. Funding provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.