Starring: Evan Ross, Nia Long, Roger Guenver Smith, Danny Glover

Dir: Qasim Basir

Qasim Basir gives us a timely snapshot of growing up Muslim in post 9/11 America. Evan Ross plays Tariq, a Muslim teenager who decides to break away from his strict religious upbringing to attend a midwestern college. Roger Guenver Smith is scarily good as Tariq%u2019s father, %u2013a man whose deep abiding faith eventually costs him his marriage and family. Nia Long gives a career turning performance as Safiyah, a fierce mama bear who strives to navigate her son through both the Muslim and secular world. Long imbues Safiyah with femininity, strength, spirituality and succeeds in redefining our views of Muslim women. Mooz-lum shows the universality we share in family and commitment, whether you worship in a cathedral, a mosque or a temple.

Starring: Evan Ross, Nia Long, Roger Guenver Smith, Danny Glover

Dir: Qasim Basir

Qasim Basir gives us a timely snapshot of growing up Muslim in post 9/11 America. Evan Ross plays Tariq, a Muslim teenager who decides to break away from his strict religious upbringing to attend a midwestern college. Roger Guenver Smith is scarily good as Tariq%u2019s father, %u2013a man whose deep abiding faith eventually costs him his marriage and family. Nia Long gives a career turning performance as Safiyah, a fierce mama bear who strives to navigate her son through both the Muslim and secular world. Long imbues Safiyah with femininity, strength, spirituality and succeeds in redefining our views of Muslim women. Mooz-lum shows the universality we share in family and commitment, whether you worship in a cathedral, a mosque or a temple.

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