The Visitor: An Interview with Haaz Sleiman

As the Atlanta Film Festival comes to an end. The closing film is The Visitor—written and directed by Tom McCarthy. It's the unique friendship that develops between an economics professor and the two illegal immigrants he found living in his New York apartment.

By Rose Marie Holmes and John Lemley

Atlanta, GA – All Things Considered host John Lemley sat down with one of the stars of The Visitor…Haaz Sleiman. He plays Tarek, one of the illegal immigrants in the movie. John begins the interview by asking Sleiman what was attractive about the script. The Visitor opens in Atlanta the weekend of Friday, April 25th.

(Support for WABE's Arts and Cultural Programming is provided in part by the Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta Campus.)