Name: Mo Sabri

Recipient Year: 2022

Sponsor: ISF Film Grant

Name of Film: Tennessee Desi

Description: Mo Sabri is an American hip-hop artist and actor from Johnson City, Tennessee. He first rose to prominence on YouTube and is a musician credited by The Washington Post with transforming his subgenre of hip-hop music. In February 2013, the positive impact of his music received further recognition, and he was invited to Washington, D.C. to attend breakfast with President Barack Obama. Sabri's first album, The Overnight Classic, debuted as one of the top five highest-selling albums on the iTunes World chart during its first week in 2012.