Short Film Documentary ”Stranger at the Gate” by Director Joshua Seftel

Joshua Seftel is known for directing the Emmy-winning breakthrough series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the feature film War, Inc. starring John Cusack, Marisa Tomei and Ben Kingsley.

Joshua received his first Emmy nomination at age 22 with his documentary Lost and Found about Romania’s orphaned children.

He then followed it with several documentaries including the political campaign film Taking on the Kennedys, selected by Time Magazine as one of the “ten best of the year”; the underdog sports film The Home Team which premiered at SXSW, just to name a few.

He continues to helm the ongoing documentary series he created, Secret Life of Muslims, a Peabody Award Finalist and Emmy nominee. The timely personal short films which combat Islamophobia have more than 70 million views to date.

His newest documentary, a riveting true story Stranger at the Gate, has been nominated for an Academy Award. The film won a Special Jury Prize at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and has been praised by top media outlets.

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