Moroccan-Directed Action Thriller "Redemption Day" to Screen at NYC Independent Film Festival

The action thriller "Redemption Day" will be screened on June 8th at the Producer’s Club on West 44th Street in New York. Prominent in this production by Moroccan filmmaker Hicham Hajji are American stars such as Andy Garcia (Ocean’s Eleven, The Godfather), Gary Dourdan (CSI, Alien), Serinda Swan (Tron, The Twilight Zone) and Robert Knepper (Prison Break, The Hunger Games).

Gary Dourdan plays the role of a war hero under the name of Brad Paxton. He has earned many decorations for his feats on the battlefield. But this Marine has a delicate and dangerous mission ahead of him. To find his kidnapped wife by terrorists. He will have to carry out this mission with the help of a Moroccan agent specialized in counter-terrorism and Andy Garcia, in the role of the US Ambassador to Morocco.

The passionate filmmaker is the very first Moroccan to write, produce and direct a Hollywood feature film, notes Dennis Cieri, founder of the NYC Independent Film Festival, as reported by Ein Press Wire.