iOS app Android app  Court Stroud   Building Babel: An Interview
With Documentary Filmmaker David Osit  Posted: 01/25/2013 12:32
pm   As the first of its 2013 Winter Documentary Film series,
interfaith spiritual community Sanctuary NYC will screen
Building Babel this Sunday, January 27th at 4:30 p.m. The movie
follows a year in the life of Sharif El-Gamal, the developer
behind New York's Park51 -- sometimes referred to by opponents
as the "Ground Zero Mosque" -- a Muslim community center planned
two blocks from the World Trade Center site. The film covers El-
Gamal's struggle to build the embattled center against seemingly
endless opposition, all while struggling with his own religion
and identity amid intense scrutiny.  Recently I sat down with
David Osit, the 25-year-old cameraman, director, editor and
producer behind the film. Osit created Building Babel as his MFA
thesis in social documentary filmmaking for New York's School of
Visual Arts (SVA).  Stroud: What interests you about the subject
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