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Seems like every other week we have news on Danny Glover who has to be one of the hardest working actors around. This time he’s in Dear Alice, a dramatic Swedish film by Othman Karim. The film has been described as an “intersection of emotions” as the main characters must deal with anger, kindness, violence, despair, prejudice and injustice.

This is the second feature film for the Uganda born Swedish filmmaker. His first, About Sara, won the Golden St. George Prize for Best Film at the 2006 Moscow International Film Festival.

Although Othman was educated in the United States, he’s primarily produced and directed television programs in Sweden. In fact, he sometimes produces for his younger brother Baker Karim, also a Swedish television director and producer. The brothers also have a younger sibling, Alexander Karim, who acts and writes.

Synopsis for Dear Alice:

Very different lives become inter-weaved during...

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