Director Mary Darling uses a Baha’i heroine’s persecution in Iran to explore moral courage, forgiveness and the hope of a ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- In "Sound of Metal," Oscar-nominated Riz Ahmed portrays a drummer who loses his hearing. Ahmed points out he's one of few Muslim actors who play a non-Muslim or unremarkably ...
The Islamic States Of America,' an experimental film from stand-up Azhar Usman, is set to premiere on his YouTube channel on ...
Despite nearly a quarter of the world’s population being Muslim, throughout Hollywood history there has not only been a major lack of representation of Muslim characters, but the few on screen are ...
When Egyptian-American filmmaker Sam Abbas debuted his first feature film, “The Wedding,” in the Middle East, he barred himself from attending his own screenings. It’s not that Abbas didn’t want to go ...
Muslims are very rarely depicted in movies, and when they are, it’s usually as a stereotypical terrorist, what Oscar nominated actor Riz Ahmed calls a “dangerous trope.” Having spoken out about this ...
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says that the studio has plans for a Ms. Marvel movie after Captain Marvel has been introduced to the world. “Ms. Marvel, which is another character in the comic ...
A panel on Monday hosted by the Writers Guild of America East in Lower Manhattan in collaboration with the Hollywood Bureau at the Muslim Public Affairs Council shed light on current bright spots of ...
In early September, Jawan, or “Soldier,” Indian cinema’s latest mega-budget extravaganza, registered the highest opening-day gross in Bollywood history. The film’s success cemented the remarkable ...