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Reeling 2020: “Breaking Fast” delivers the Muslim queer stories we’ve been starving for

Breaking Fast (Reeling 2020)
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Mike Mossalam’s debut feature is a vibrant mosaic of Queer Arab Muslim-American life.

B.L. Panther Posted on September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Joseph Gordon-Levitt flies the unfriendly skies in “7500”

7500
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Patrick Vollrath’s feature debut shifts from Hitchcockian claustrophobia to tone-deaf xenophobia.

Clint Worthington Posted on June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

“Ramy” goes to messy places in its strong second season

Ramy Season 2
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Muslim-American actor and comedian Ramy Youssef returns for a bracingly funny, probing season about faith and purpose and failure.

Dot Green Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020

SXSW: “Hamtramck, USA” Tests the Great American Melting Pot

Hamtramck, USA
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America’s first Muslim-majority city learns the limits (and victories) of multiculturalism.

Clint Worthington Posted on March 24, 2020March 26, 2020

CIFF 2019: Minhal Baig on “Hala”, “Dune”, and Returning to Chicago

Minhal Baig
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The director of the Sundance favorite discusses her coming-of-age tale Hala.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 5, 2019December 6, 2019
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