Wednesday, September 22, 2010

MOOZ-lum depicts challenges for black US Muslims

By Sabrina Ford
http://www.hijabtrendz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Picture-6.pngThe makers of a new movie about family life for black Muslims in America want to highlight challenges facing followers of Islam, just as Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" revealed the racism and harsh realities facing black youth in Brooklyn two decades ago.

"MOOZ-lum" was filmed in Michigan, which has a large Muslim population, and premiered to packed theaters at the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York on Friday.

"I hope people can walk out of the theater thinking more and trying to understand what we're facing here," said director Qasim Basir, adding the movie's portrayal of discrimination mirrored his own Muslim-American experience. | Read more...


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