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Release Date: Feb. 11, 2011
Distribution Co: AMC Independent
Opening: AMC Theatres in 10 Cities: New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto, Houston, San Francisco and Dallas
Director: Qasim Basir
Producers: Dana Offenbach
Screenwriter: Qasim Basir
Cinematographer: Christopher Scott Cherot
Cast: Evan Ross, Danny Glover, Nia Long, Roger Guenevere Smith, Dorian Missick, Summer Bishil, Kunal Sharma, and Kimberley Drummond
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 95 min
Synopsis: Pulled between his strict Muslim upbringing by his father and the normal social life he’s never had, Tariq Mahdi (Evan Ross) enters college in a state of confusion.
New relationships with Muslims and non-Muslims alike challenge his already shaken ideals, and the estrangement with his mother and sister troubles him. With the help of new friends, family and mentors, he begins to find himself and open up to an Islam he hasn’t been exposed to. But when the attacks of 9/11 happen without warning, he is forced to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life.
Missick stated that the film “is about a young Muslim (played by Ross) at a crossroads in his life and beliefs and how he navigates that just days before the 9/11 attacks. My character, Professor Jamal, is a young muslim professor who strikes up a mentoring relationship with Evan’s character. I also have a strained — to say the least — relationship with Danny Glover’s character who’s the narrow minded dean of the university I teach at and Evan attends. It’s an important film and I’m really proud of the work everyone did in it.”
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