The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

A cri de coeur against Iraq War I from writer-director John Gianvito (Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind).

Cast

Thia Gonzalez

as Fernanda Hussein

Dustin Scott

as Raphael Sinclair

Robert Perrea

as Carlos Sandia

Sherri Goen

as Azhar Hussein

Carlos Stevens

as Ameer Hussein

Elizabeth Pilar

as Pilar

Bill Facker

as Mr. Sinclair

Sally Jackson

as Mrs. Sinclair

Ann Dasberg

as Anna

Rey Dupre

as Smitty

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