{"id":3786,"date":"2024-07-29T03:31:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-&#038;-environmental-film-festival\/?page_id=3786"},"modified":"2024-07-29T03:31:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:31:40","slug":"ultimate-citizens-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-&-environmental-film-festival\/ultimate-citizens-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ULTIMATE CITIZENS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directed by<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p> Francine Strickwerda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country of Origin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runtime<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>39:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Category<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/submissions\/26303941#ff_javascript\"><\/a>Documentary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In ULTIMATE CITIZENS, Jamshid is an Iranian who came to study in 1970\u2019s America, and due to the Revolution, never went \u201chome.\u201d As a guidance counselor in Seattle Public Schools, Jamshid\u2019s best work takes place out of the building and on a playing field with \u201chis kids,\u201d the children of refugees and immigrants. 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