THE MUSLIMS I KNOW a film by Mara Ahmed |
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"I learned things that I didn't know and learned the truth about things that I thought I knew" Nora Brown, President, Women in Film and Television Rochester, New York
"I feel that this film will go places. It is straight and honest. It shows reality and eliminates the spin that we often get with public media" Kate Green, President, Newcomers' Club, Pittsford, New York |
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If you were to yahoo the words "moderate Muslim" today you would get more than 8 million hits on the internet... |
This is a personal documentary which focuses on the Pakistani American community in Rochester... |
The underlying idea is to highlight similarities in socio-religious values and to celebrate the cultural richness and diversity brought into the American mix by Muslim communities... |
The film is a montage of several visual and thematic elements... |
Serious issues are addressed in an edgy, fast-paced, tightly edited, modern format... |