New Muslim Cool (2009)
October 14, 2009Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently New Muslim Cool is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy, Tubi TV
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Hamza Perez
himself
Suliman Perez
himself
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
Director
David Sarasti
Cinematographer
Gladys Perez
herself
Rafiah Daughtry
herself
Jon Shenk
Director of Photography
Jeff Ent
Sound Mixer
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New Muslim Cool is a 2009 documentary film directed and produced by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor. The film was initially released on POV and follows the life of Hamza Perez, a Puerto Rican American Rap artist who converted to Islam after he decided to quit his life as a drug dealer. Hamza spends his time on the streets and jail cells spreading the message of Islam to at-risk youth and communities. The film also features the hip-hop group M-Team, a musical collaboration between Hamza and his brother Suliman Perez. The duo utilize the medium of hip-hop to spread their faith and religious message to other young people. In the midst of his journey to establish a new religious community and a new family in the North side of Pittsburgh, Hamza is forced to face the reality of being an active Muslim in a post 9/11 America when the community's Mosque gets raided by the FBI.