A basketball bounces between Kentucky and a homeland that no longer exists.
In this contemplative coming of age portrait, Yosef, a spirited athlete, is becoming more aware of his family history, after being displaced from their Iraqi homeland.
Cinematography
Louisville gyms and Cairo streets merge in fluid memory.
Direction
Chaubal lets silence do the heavy lifting.
Writing
Family interviews feel discovered, not performed.
Director
Naveen Chaubal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to Yosef's movement between worlds, not the arcade game—though the randomness of both fits.
Chaubal is part of a new wave of South Asian-American documentarians reframing refugee narratives through Gen-Z subjectivity.
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