"I
just
did
a
movie
about
four
months ago. It was my first lead role
in a film. It should
air on TV in September."
--Jason Raize, ZoogDisney
chat
The
Kitchen
Jason
starred in the made-for-TV
movie The
Kitchen,written
and directed by Andre Degas (Condition
Red). Produced
by
Independent
Television
Service
(ITVS), The
Kitchen premiered
on
PBS
on
June
15,
2001.
Set
in the Hell's
Kitchen neighborhood of New York, The
Kitchen offers a rare look at an
Egyptian family living in
America. Jason plays Jamal, a first-generation
Egyptian American who
wants to pursue a career
as a
percussionist with
his boogaloo band. His immigrant father,
Farid (Mark Margolis), wishes
instead for Jamal to
take over the family business: a small Hell's
Kitchen grocery store.
Farid remembers
the struggles he faced when he arrived as a
young man in the U.S., and
refuses to let his son gamble with his
livelihood. As Jamal fights for his
musical dreams
and falls for a non-Egyptian woman, he must
come to terms with his
father's past and decide whether he's really
ready to abandon their way
of life.
The Kitchen
is
available for purchase on DVD.
For a preview,
watch the trailer below that creator Andre
Degas posted to YouTube:
