''Boiling Pot'' is a 2015 American

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directed by Omar Ashmawey and starring

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Danielle Fishel Danielle Christine Fishel ( ; born May 5, 1981) is an American actress and director. She began her career in theater, appearing in community productions of ''The Wizard of Oz'' and ''Peter Pan''. She made her debut as an actress shortly after, m ...

, and

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Premise

On an American college campus, ideas that have been long neglected emerge as racial tension grows between different student groups.

Cast

as Detective Haven *

as Valerie Davis *

as Agent Long *

M. Emmet Walsh Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles as Earl Frank in '' Straight Time'' (1978), the Madman in ''The Jerk'' (1979), Captai ...

as Dean Marrison *

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as Rose Torrance * John Heard as Tom Davis * Ibrahim Ashmawey as Hazem Seif * Ashley Lynn Switzer as Claire Davis *

Sayed Badreya El Sayed Badreya () is an Egyptian-American actor. He has had many roles in movies and television. He appeared in ''AmericanEast'', ''Iron Man'', ''Cargo'', and '' The Dictator''. He also provided motion capture Motion capture (sometimes r ...

as Anwar Seif * Corrin Evans as Lauren Davis * Kasey St. John as Kasey

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* 2015 drama films American drama films American independent films Films about race and ethnicity 2015 films 2015 independent films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language independent films {{2010s-US-film-stub