Becoming Family

Six months after a tsunami hit South Asia on December 26, 2004, Muslim-American and Sri Lankan born Dr. M. Rahmi Mowjood led a team of American doctors and medical students on a tsunami relief trip to Sri Lanka. While mentoring medical students and aiding injured villagers, Dr. Mowjood also finds a way to ask someone to become a member of his own family.

Shot on location in the southern villages of Sri Lanka, the film features original music by Don Bodin, won the 2007 Top Applause Award at the International Family Film Festival, and features doctors, students, and Sri Lanka philanthropist Kushil Gunasekera.

Run time: 74 minutes

Cast:

Dr. M. Rahmi Mowjood

Dr. Kyle Smart

Dr. Jesse F. Martinez

Rehana Mowjood

Chandra Patel

David Cao

Heather Kranitz

Clarissa Lew

Siraj Mowjood

Matthew Ott

Anita Singh

Nicholas Kreider

Kushil Gunasekera

Bob Connolly

Sharaf Mowjood

Nuzhath Hafsa

Narration:

Carl Strecker

Produced by:

Carl Strecker, M. Rahmi Mowjood

Written, Directed, and Edited by:

Carl Strecker

Original Music Composer:

Don Bodin

Post-Production Sound Mixer:

Mark Petersen

Camera Provided by
Elliott Visuals

Westlake Village, CA

Post-Production Sound Services by
Laser Sound Services
Laser Pacific Media Corporation
A Kodak Company
Hollywood, CA

Filmed on location in Sri Lanka and the United States of America

Special Thanks to:
Western University of Health Sciences
The Foundation of Goodness
The Rainbow Clinic
The Mowjood Family
Elliott Visuals
Laser Sound Services
Filmlook, Inc.
Cinevolve Studios
Don Bodin Music
William H. Libaw
Marsha Karioth
Marsha "Aunt Moufie" Gaffery
Louise and Jack Strecker

Help Sri Lanka Rebuild: www.unconditionalcompassion.org

A Typecasting Films Production
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I hope this film communicates the emotional impact that a relief trip like this has on its participants, and I hope viewers walk away seeing how we can all do our part to make the world a better place – that it's not scary to take action but wonderful and rewarding. Many of the students have plans to do more relief work in the future and are motivated because they’ve learned that it's not just about being proud of one past moment, it's about continuing to give, learn, grow, connect, inspire, and strive for present and future moments.

We are, after all, members of the same important global family.