New Muslim Cool Premiers today on PBS!

Read the review in the NY Times:

Excerpt: “New Muslim Cool” possesses a kind of beauty that sneaks up on you: it is in Hamza’s humility, in the dignity with which he confronts so much of his misfortune, in his commitment to rehabilitating drug dealers because, in his mind, no one else will. Some of the most moving moments in the film take place during Hamza’s prison lectures. He is brought in to give faith-based talks at a Pittsburgh jail, but again, misperceptions about his past wind up scuttling his noble agenda.

Hamza approaches every human encounter as an opportunity to get closer to God; the film is an opportunity to access a closer view of human decency.

 

On most PBS stations on Tuesday night (check local listings).

Directed and produced by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor; Kauthar Umar and Hana Siddiqi, co-producers; David Sarasti, Jon Shenk and Mark Knobil, cinematographers; Kenji Yamamoto, editor. Produced by Specific Pictures in association with Latino Public Broadcasting and the Center for Asian American Media.