Film Update

This update to New Muslim Cool was taped during a screening of the film at New York City's El Museo del Barrio in June of 2009. Hamza talks about Rafiah, his kids and traveling with the film. Suliman gives an update on the music of M-Team. And Hamza's mom Gladys gives a moving speech about never giving up on her kids.

New Muslim Cool possesses a kind of beauty that sneaks up on you: it is in Hamza's humility, in the dignity with which he confronts so much of his misfortune, in his commitment to rehabilitating drug dealers because, in his mind, no one else will.

— Ginia Bellafante, The New York Times

Thank goodness, this is the story of the new America that is unfolding; the one that young Americans across traditional divides are claiming everyday as their own.

— Bakari Kitwana, NewsOne / Huffington Post

Disarming docu New Muslim Cool...[is] a fine illustration of the melting pot's latest cultural flavors, as well as a helpful look past post-9/11 Islamic stereotypes.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety

Spellbinding...San Francisco filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor gives us the full dimension of a Muslim American man who's a rapper, educator, father, husband and idealist.

— Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

New Muslim Cool explores a world that few Muslims are aware of, a streetwise scene filled with mixed cultures, economic hardships, and hip hop.

— Zahed Amanullah, altmuslim.com