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Midnight Traveler: Discussion Guide Background Information

Background Information

In addition to the resources at the end of this guide, we recommend consulting the following articles for more background about the Fazili family and the film:

Doreen St. Félix, “‘Midnight Traveler’ Expands the Narrative of the Refugee Documentary,” The New Yorker,September 17, 2019.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/midnight-traveler-expands-the-narrative-of-the-refugee-documentary?verso=true

Manohla Dargis, “‘Midnight Traveler’ Review: A Refugee Family’s Search for Safe Harbor,” The New York Times,September 17, 2019.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/movies/midnight-traveler-review.html

Sources

About the author:

Faith Rogow

Faith Rogow, Ph.D., is the co-author of The Teacher's Guide to Media Literacy: Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World (Corwin, 2012) and past president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. She has written discussion guides and lesson plans for more than 250 independent films.

Faith Rogow