The Taqwacores (2010)

Directed by

Eyad Zahra

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of young Muslims living together in a punk house in Buffalo. They clash over their interpretations of Islam while forming a punk rock scene.

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What happens

The Taqwacores is a 2010 film adaptation of the 2003 novel The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight. The film was directed by Eyad Zahra and stars Bobby Naderi, Dominic Rains, and Noureen Dewulf. The film imagines a fictitious Islamic punk rock scene through characters living in a punk house in Buffalo, New York. It was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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