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Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Documentary
Release Date:September 9, 2011
Running time:99 minutes
Cast:Fouad Zaban, Bilal Abu-Omarah, Ali Baidoun, Hassan Houssaiky, Baquer Sayed
Director:Rashid Ghazi
Producer:Ash-Har Quraishi, Basma Babar-Quraishi
Writer:Ruth Leitman
Distributor:North Shore Films

Description: Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football, an award-winning documentary, follows a predominately Arab-American high school football team from a working-class Detroit suburb as they practice for their big cross-town rivalry game during Ramadan, revealing a community holding onto its Islamic faith and the American Dream while struggling for acceptance in post 9/11 America.

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