Minneapolis’ Cedar Riverside has never looked lovelier than it does in the drama “A Stray.” It’s a tiny movie, in which the main characters are a Somali-American man and the dog he hits with a car.

Originally born in the city of Galkayo, a city located in the north-central region of Somalia. Barkhad lived most of his life in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, in the south side of Minneapolis.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Barkhad Abdi and three other amateur Somali actors from Minnesota learned they had won major roles in a new Tom Hanks movie, they tore off their clothes and jumped into the ...

This film image released by Sony - Columbia Pictures shows, from left, Mahat Ali, Tom Hanks and Faysal Ahmed in a scene from "Captain Phillips." (AP Photo/Sony - Columbia Pictures) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- ...

Barkhad Abdi produced one of the most iconic lies of recent cinema when he uttered the words, 'I'm the captain now,' in Captain Phillips - but was only paid $65,000 for his role in the film. Abdi was ...

MINNEAPOLIS — When Barkhad Abdi and three other amateur Somali actors from Minnesota learned they had won major roles in a new Tom Hanks movie, they tore off their clothes and jumped into the Pacific ...