The Susan Sarandon-produced film about women who launch a catering business from a camp in Lebanon reveals how home cooking "sustains" and "gives them purpose" amid the stagnation of refugee...

When Susan Sarandon visited refugees on the Greek island of Lesvos at Christmas 2015, she asked each one three questions: Hold old are you? Where are you from? What is...

Lebanon has a native population of just over six million. It's also home to over a million refugees. Not wanting to turn anyone away, it has allowed them to flood...

Executive Producer Susan Sarandon and supporter Mary Louise Parker joined the SOUFRA team in New York for the North American Premiere of SOUFRA at DOCNYC. Mary Louise Parker and Executive...

Geena Davis joined the SOUFRA team in Los Angeles for the opening night at the Laemmle theater in Hollywood! Below are some pictures from the event. Geena  is a long-time...

SOUFRA Miriam Shaar shares problems with fellow natives of her Beirut Palestinian refugee camp: little money, few opportunities, and frustration with a tight, cordoned-off space that has been housing a...

  Thomas Morgan’s Soufra is about Mariam Shafar, a Palestinian entrepreneur living in Beirut, Lebanon. The documentary is named for her catering business in the Burj el-Barajneh refugee camp. The Arabic word...

Against the odds, a group of women who live in a Lebanese refugee camp pursue their food-truck dreams in a documentary executive produced by Susan Sarandon. The catering company that...

  The uplifting documentary “Soufra,” directed by Thomas A. Morgan, demonstrates how food can be a conduit for a community engagement, intercultural communication and an important livelihood for marginalized peoples....