Mooz-lum

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| name = Mooz-lum

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| image = Mooz-lum FilmPoster.jpeg

| director = Qasim "Q" Basir

| producer = Peace Film

| writer = Qasim "Q" Basir

| starring = Danny Glover
Nia Long
Evan Ross
Roger Guenveur Smith

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| distributor = CodeBlack Lionsgate (US) Rising Pictures (Australia)

| released = {{Film date|2010|9|17|Urbanworld Film Festival|2011|2|11|United States}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $1,200,000 (USA)

| gross = $369,129 (USA){{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/search/?q=mooz-lum|title=Search Results}}

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Mooz-lum is a 2011 American independent film written and directed by Qasim "Q" Basir and stars Danny Glover, Nia Long, and Evan Ross. Mooz-lum (i.e. "Muslim") tells the story of an African American Muslim family whose lives are changed by the September 11 attacks and their aftermath. The film was initially promoted primarily through social media, before opening for its limited theatrical release on February 11, 2011.[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-feb-11-la-et-capsules-mooz-lum-20110211-story.html LA Times review][http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2011/02/10/entertainment/doc4d54c7da3b8f3673950331.txt ‘MOOZ-lum’ arrives in theaters][https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117944549/ Variety review][http://diverseeducation.com/article/14649/new-film-spotlights-discrimination-against-muslim-students.html New Film Spotlights Discrimination Against Muslim Students]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Cast

Evan Ross as Tariq Mahdi
Nia Long as Safiq
Danny Glover as Dean Francis
Roger Guenveur Smith as Hassan Mahdi
Azhar Usman as Brother Hussein
Maryam Basir as Ayanna

Plot

Amid a strict Muslim rearing and a social life he has never had, Tariq Mahdi (Evan Ross) enters college confused.

New peers, family and mentors help him find his place, but the 9/11 attacks force him to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life.

Filming

The movie was filmed in Southeastern Michigan. Although the college attended by Tariq is never explicitly identified, most of the college scenes were filmed on location on the campuses of the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. The mosque scene was filmed at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan.

Reception

As of January 14, 2015, Mooz-lum has received an overall rating of 80% from all critics (8 fresh and 2 rotten) at Rotten Tomatoes.{{cite web |title = Mooz-lum |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mooz_lum_2010/ |work= Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate = Jan 14, 2015 }} Film critic Omer Mozaffar calls the film "a long awaited breath of fresh air" at RogerEbert.com.{{cite web |title = "MOOZLUMS" HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/moozlums-have-been-here-for-a-long-time/ |work= RogerEbert.com |accessdate = August 13, 2018}}