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Seattle-based film 'Know Your Place' hits the big screen at SIFF Cinema Uptown
SEATTLE – A film highlighting the unique experience of growing up in Seattle debuts tonight at the SIFF Cinema Uptown.
“Know Your Place,” the story of a 15-year-old Eritrean American boy navigating family, identity and a changing city, begins its run in Seattle after touring the globe for nearly two years.
The movie made its world premiere in 2022 at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), where it won the Golden Space Needle award, an audience favorite. Since then, it has been showcased at numerous film festivals worldwide, including New York, Vancouver, London, Ireland and Johannesburg.
“Know Your Place” will premiere in front of a general audience Friday, and the film’s creator, Zia Mohajerjasbi, told FOX 13 Seattle that the movie is for Seattle.
“I feel nervous, anxious, excited, and very grateful,” he said. Mohajerjasbi, who started his career in Seattle making music videos for artists like J-Kwon and Macklemore, developed the story for “Know Your Place” out of homesickness for Seattle while living in Los Angeles.
“I love filming in Seattle. It’s like my favorite place to film. I mean part of it is when you know somewhere so intimately,” he said.
Seattle’s issues with gentrification and its impact on its East African community are explored in the film, “Know Your Place.” (Zia Mohajerjasbi)
Determined to create an authentic film, Mohajerjasbi returned to Seattle to use a local cast and crew.
“I want to make a film in Seattle, with a Seattle crew, with a Seattle cast, and if we’re also being specific about narrative, and the community that we’re depicting on screen, then the community has to represent itself,” he explained.
The film centers on a young boy trying to help a sick family member, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing Seattle. Many of the film’s locations have since disappeared, adding a layer of poignancy to the narrative. Although it is told through the lens of an Eritrean American, Mohajerjasbi believes the film conveys a universal human story.
“Based off what they’re maybe bringing to the table watching the film and ingesting that. So, I hope different people take away different things,” he said.
“Know Your Place” was shot entirely in Seattle over a three-year period, and Mohajerjasbi hopes different people take away different things from it.
“We really want to give this to Seattle, and we hope that, you know, the audiences here will sort of complete, you know, the lifecycle of the film,” Mohajerjasbi said,
For the first time ever, the film is available outside of film festival screenings and open to the public where the journey began. There are two screenings on Friday, with Mohajerjasbi holding a Q&A session after the 7 o’clock show.
“Know Your Place” will continue playing at SIFF Cinema Uptown throughout the week, with plans to expand to theaters across the country and eventually to streaming platforms.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – APRIL 17: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers tags out Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning at T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.
Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.
Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.
Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford’s single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.
The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.
J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.
Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.
Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.
Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
Up next
Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.
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FIFE, Wash. – A portion of southbound I-5 will be closed overnight in Fife Friday and Saturday night, according to WSDOT.
The Washington State Department of Transportation says the purpose of the closure is to install a new electronic sign and will need two nights to do it.
Crews will close southbound I-5 from 54th Avenue to Port of Tacoma Road starting at 11 p.m. Friday night until 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Closures will resume Saturday night starting at 11 p.m. as well, and lanes will reopen Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.
WSDOT says the closure will include the 54th Avenue ramps to southbound I-5.
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