Mooz-lum

A FILM BY Qasim Basir

There's an undeniable potency to the blunt-instrument melodrama of ""Mooz-lum,"" a straight-from-the-heart indie that renders in primary colors a sympathetic portrait of a Muslim-American college freshman beset by an identity crisis on the eve of 9/11.""""
-Variety
Rich in nuance...An engrossing entertainment.
-Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
Puts Basir on the map as a director to watch.
-Wilson Morales, HUFFPOST BLACK VOICES

Synopsis

Pulled between his strict Muslim upbringing by his father and the normal social life he’s never had, Tariq Mahdi 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.

Theatrical Release Date

Original Languages: English
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 99 min.
Year: 2010

CREDITS

CAST
Danny Glover
Evan Ross
Nia Long
DIRECTED BY
Qasim Basir

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