An Afghan refugee named Bibi Bahrami – and the members of her little Indiana mosque – come face to face with a U.S. Marine who has secret plans to bomb their community center. But Mac McKinney's plan takes an unexpected turn. Directed by Joshua Seftel, 'STRANGER AT THE GATE' is a story of grace, transformation, and hope.

Following the screening of this 29-minute 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary, an expert panel will join the director in a discussion to examine just how this extraordinary set of events came about from the perspectives of Muslim values and religious practice, combat trauma and moral injury, and “us versus them” social contexts and dynamics.

Participants

Khalil Abdur-Rashid, Muslim Chaplain and Chair of the Board of Religious, Ethical & Spiritual Life at Harvard University

Mina Cikara, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Intergroup Neuroscience Lab at Harvard University

Terrence Martin Keane, Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University, Associate Chief of Staff for Research at VA Boston Healthcare System, and Director of the Behavioral Science Division at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Rebecca Brendel, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School and President of American Psychiatric Association (Moderator)

Registration is required. RSVP at Stranger at the Gate.