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...Have you been influenced by Islam or Muslim culture in any way since starting work on this film...
...What inspired “New Muslim Cool?...
...Jennifer M. Taylor started off her career with no formal training and a lot of “common sense.” Now a pro, the director has won an award at the 2009 Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival for her most recent work “New Muslim Cool,” which was screened at the Sackler Museum on October 10. In the film, she follows the life of Hamza Pérez, a Puerto Rican-American rapper and former drug dealer who found his faith in Islam. FM had a chance to hear her dish about...
...Muslim, and I’m not particularly religious, and sometimes towards the beginning of the film I would be the only person who wasn’t Muslim...I think what would ground me is that Hamza is funny and his brother and wife would remind me of my cousins...
...always want to be very careful about saying Islam in a kind of abstract or total way because I can’t say necessarily that I know a lot about Islam. I’ve met people who are Muslim, but Islam is a very big religion. The people I have met who are Muslim have certainly influenced me to learn that there are many kinds of Muslims, just like there are many human beings and that there is something at the core that many religions and many ethical systems share, and that has to do with treating people...