Gates and Shawkat, who is Iraqi ... “We went out to the desert. [Alia] was trying to make a television show about her family because her dad owned a strip club, and I was like, ‘let’s ...

Hailey Gates’ feature debut has fun ... “Atropia” opens with a near-identical scene of an Iraqi woman played by Alia Shawkat, witnessing U.S. troops rolling through her hometown in pursuit ...