Fordson : faith, fasting, football / North Shore Films presents in association with Quraishi Productions ; a film by Rashid Ghazi.

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"Follows a predominately Arab-American high school football team from a working-class Detroit suburbs as they practice for their big cross-town rivalry game during the last ten days of Ramadan, revealing a community holding onto its Islamic faith while they struggle for acceptance in post 9/11 Ameri...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Quraishi Productions
North Shore Films, LLC
Other Authors: Rashīd Ghāzī
Quraishi, Ash-Har
Babar-Quraishi, Basma
Leitman, Ruth
Pickart, Ed
Goodman, Joel
Shamus, Mike
Berg, Mark
Language:English
Published: Glenview, Ill. : North Shore Films, LLC, [2011], ©2011.
Edition:Theatrical version.
Subjects:
Football players > Michigan > Dearborn.
High school athletes > Michigan > Dearborn.
Ramadan.
Muslims > Michigan > Dearborn.
Documentary films.
Football films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Football films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Local Note:
Special features disc is available as part of the Educational package of this film, MSU Libraries call number: BP172
Physical Description:1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
"Follows a predominately Arab-American high school football team from a working-class Detroit suburbs as they practice for their big cross-town rivalry game during the last ten days of Ramadan, revealing a community holding onto its Islamic faith while they struggle for acceptance in post 9/11 America."--Container.
Note:Originally part of a combo pack with Blu-ray version of the film and special features disc.
Title from title screen.
Videorecording.
Call Number:BP172 .F682 2011 VideoDVD
Credits:Producers, Ash-Har Quraishi and Basma Babar-Quraishi ; writer, Ruth Leitman ; editor, Ed Pickart ; music, Joel Goodman ; directors of photography, Mike Shamus, Mark Berg ; director & executive producer, Rashid Ghazi.
System Details:DVD.