Mooz-lum

Having created rich roles for his actors, writer-director Qasim Basir,elicits from them inspired portrayals.

A potent feature debut for writer-director Qasim Basir, Mooz-lum attacks Islamist extremism while offering audiences a rare and illuminating depiction of life as a Muslim in America.
It's no wonder Tariq (Evan Ross) is so deeply troubled by the time he enters college. His father (Roger Guenveur Smith), a strict Muslim, is a man of iron will and absolute certitude who is determined to mold his son into a replica of himself. After his wife leaves with their daughter, he sends the boy Tariq to an Islamist school, where he is savagely beaten for trick-or-treating on Halloween. [...]

di Kevin Thomas, articolo completo (1809 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 11 febbraio 2011