Taqwacore : the birth of punk Islam
Omar Majeed (Regisseur/in, Drehbuchautor/in, Herausgeber/in von Bewegtbildwerken), Mila Aung-Thwin (Filmproduzent/in), Bob Moore (Filmproduzent/in), Daniel Cross, Michael Muhammad Knight, Basim Usmani, Shahjehan Khan, Omar Waqar, Mark Ellam, Maxime Chalifoux (Herausgeber/in von Bewegtbildwerken), EyeSteelFilm (Firm) (Produktionsfirma), Kinosmith Inc (Produktionsfirma), Lorber Films (Firm) (Verlag)
"Taqwacore chronicles the nascent Muslim punk rock movement in America. It was inspired by the work of Michael Knight, a convert to Islam who wrote the novel The Taqwacores (a term combining the Muslim concept of God consciousness with hardcore punk). ... The film follows Knight and a variety of young subversives on tour as they shock and awe spectators in the U.S. before bringing their music to Lahore. They break every taboo along the way ... "--Container
DVD-Video, English, 2010
Lorber Films, New York, NY, 2010