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| THE TAQWACORES |
Year: 2010
USA: Strand Releasing
UK: Network Releasing
Cast: Bobby Naderi, Noureen Dewulf, Dominic Rains, Nav Mann,
Ian Tran, Volkan Eryaman, Tony Yalda, Rasika Mathur, Anne Leighton,
John Charles Meyer, Denise George, Marwan Kamel, Nicholas Riley, Ara
Thorose, Ian Tran, Tony Yalda, Jim Dickson
Director: Eyad Zahra
Country: USA
USA & UK: 83 mins
USA Rated: Not rated
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, sex, sex
references and soft drug use
USA Release Date: 12 November 2010 (Limited Release - Los
Angeles)
USA Release Date: 22 October 2010 (Limited Release - New
York)
UK Release Date: 12 August 2011 (Limited Release)
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Synopsis
Based on the novel by Michael Muhammad Knight, Yusef (Bobby Naderi),
a first-generation Pakistani engineering student, moves off-campus
with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York.
His new “unorthodox” housemates soon introduce him to
Taqwacore - a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene that only exists on
the West Coast.
As the seasons change, Taqwacore influences the house more and more.
The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it
continues to host punk parties at night.
Ultimately, Taqwacore influences Yusef too, as he begins to
challenge his own faith and ideologies.
THE TAQWACORES deals with the complexities of being young and Muslim
in modern-day America.
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