Anwar Molani is a doctor by day and actor by night. He plays Dad, Soniya and Yasmeen’s family patriarch, in the “Ramadan America” short “In The Meantime.”
During Ramadan, Zubair attempts to connect with his culture through food content on social media ... he ultimately ends up getting schooled by his grandmother on how to prepare a traditional dish.
The film follows Naveen (Dudheker), a timid family man yearning to find his voice who stumbles upon a mysterious support group that employs unconventional preschool activities to boost his confidence … until playtime gets dark.
Nearly 90 years ago, Sister Clara Muhammad pioneered a school system that defied the constraints of its time. “Clara’s Fruit” sets out to preserve her legacy, shedding light on the value of alternative education options in America and creating a space for more dynamic stories about Muslim Americans.
In an era marked by the unsettling rise of Islamophobia and antisemitism, media narratives serve as critical avenues for fostering familiarity and empathy towards communities that represent relatively small proportions of the population.
The filmmakers wrote on Kickstarter that during their journey to create stories about young Pakistani girls, they discovered a great desire to write what they consider to be a tribute to themselves; a tribute to the daily struggle of growing up as dutiful daughters to immigrant parents in America.
