Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football
Release date: 2011-09-09
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Genres: Drama, History, Documentary
Follows a predominately Arab-American high school football team from Dearborn, Michigan during the last ten days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and unearths the story of a community desperately holding onto its Islamic faith while struggling to gain acceptance in post 9-11 America.
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