Summary 'Fordson' follows a high school football team from Dearborn, Michigan as it prepares for its big cross-town rivalry game during the last ten days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The story is set at Fordson High School, a public school, which was once all white, but now boasts a 98% Arab-American population. As we follow the team on the road to victory, 'Fordson' unearths the story of a community desperately holding onto its Islamic faith while struggling to gain acceptance in post 9-11 America. 'Fordson' is an unprecedented glimpse inside the lives of a community that is home to the largest concentration of Arabs in any city outside of the Middle East, and their determination to hold on to the American Dream. View more details
Directed : Rashid Ghazi
Written : Ruth Leitman
Stars : Bilal Abu-Omarah Hussein Ajami Mustapha Bazzi Fouad Zaban
Genres : History Sport Documentary News
Release date : Sep 8, 2011
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Filming locations : Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Production companies : North Shore Films LLC Quraishi Productions
Summary 'Fordson' follows a high school football team from Dearborn, Michigan as it prepares for its big cross-town rivalry game during the last ten days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The story is set at Fordson High School, a public school, which was once all white, but now boasts a 98% Arab-American population. As we follow the team on the road to victory, 'Fordson' unearths the story of a community desperately holding onto its Islamic faith while struggling to gain acceptance in post 9-11 America. 'Fordson' is an unprecedented glimpse inside the lives of a community that is home to the largest concentration of Arabs in any city outside of the Middle East, and their determination to hold on to the American Dream. View more details
Genres : History Sport Documentary News
Release date : Sep 8, 2011
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Filming locations : Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Production companies : North Shore Films LLC Quraishi Productions
