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| Farouk Abdel-Muhti: Political Prisoner
2003, MiniDV Running time: six minutes Director/Producer: Konrad Aderer Camera: Lorca Shepperd Edor: Minnea Lin |
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Breaking through the silence of thousands of Muslim immigrants detained in the U.S. after 9/11, Farouk tells his own story from Passaic County Jail in New Jersey. Outside, his son and supporters fight to win his release.
This short, the first to give a Muslim post-9/11 detainee the chance to speak to the public, was produced as part of the grassroots campaign to win Farouk's freedom. The videos were widely distributed and used to organize events, and also sold to raise money for Farouk's commissary. As a result of public pressure and the success of his habeas corpus case, Farouk was freed from detention on April 12, 2004. | |
| Buy one of the remaining original VHS copies of the Farouk video (with the dramatic jacket art designed for the history-making campaign for his release), for $12 ($10 plus $2 shipping & handling). | |
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Special offer! Buy the Life or Liberty compilation DVD for $20, which features all three shorts produced from 2002 to 2006, and add one of the original VHS Farouk videos, for $5! And free shipping! |
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"OTHER, OTHER…" screening and panel at Hostos Art Gallery June 6, 2008 6:00 PM Rising Up: the Alams screening at NYC Grassroots Media Conference March 2, 2008 12:15 PM Rising Up: The Alams at MNN's Digital Garden Summer August 16, 2007 8:00 PM OUT OF STATUS premiere at Pioneer Theater August 1, 2007 9:00 PM |
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