Description: Silk Road Rising's Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness (24 min, 8 sec), released in 2012, is a documentary film that explores the complicated relationship of Arab and Slavic immigrants to American notions of whiteness.
Silk Road Rising is a theatre company located in downtown Chicago dedicated to presenting plays written by individuals of Asian and Middle Eastern descent. Silk Road Rising produces online video plays and documentaries, civic engagement projects, and education programming in addition to live theatre.
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Silk Road Rising's Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness (24 min, 8 sec), released in 2012, is a documentary film that explores the complicated relationship of Arab and Slavic immigrants to American notions of whiteness.