Firdaus is a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and neighboring domestic violence, Firdaus’ world unfolds as a fragmented interplay between repetition and repressed anger.

• National Endowment for the Arts
• AFI
• Tinka Menkes
• Emmellda Beech
• Jeff Douglas
• Emmellda F. Beech
• Kathryn Francomacaro
• Jeffrey Eget
• Daniel Villarreal
• Perfecto Mangual