The Producers
TAREK ALBABA — DIRECTOR
Tarek Albaba is a versatile filmmaker with 21+ years of experience working on television series, documentaries, narrative films and hour-long specials. His work has been featured on Apple TV+, Disney+, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, History Channel, and more.
Tarek's passion projects are focused on human rights and social issues. His dedication is vividly reflected in his feature documentary debut of "36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime."
The film celebrated its world premiere at the DOC NYC film festival in 2023, in the U.S Competition where it won the Subject Matter Award. Tarek was also selected for DOC NYC 40 Under 40. He continues to develop and produce compelling stories that not only captivate audiences but also advocate for a more just and compassionate world.
In 2015, it took Craig Hicks 36 seconds to execute three Muslim-American students while eating dinner in their home in Chapel Hill, NC. The film charts the victims’ families’ agonizing overnight pivot from trauma to advocacy as they struggle to prevent their loved ones’ deaths from being dismissed as the result of a random parking dispute. They courageously speak the truth about the hate crime that has destroyed their lives, about the overt and insidious ways racism plays out in our society and about the need to reform a hate crime system that is broken.