Upcoming Screenings
2010 is starting off big for New Muslim Cool. We just screened the film at the Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh, the University of Michigan, and did a very special event with Ford Foundation, New York Philanthropy, and the Paley Center for Media in New York City.
This month we’ll be at several leading universities, and we’ll be getting ready for special events with youth centers and correctional facilities, as well as our tour with the acclaimed lecturer Bakari Kitwana and the Rap Sessions.
Contact us at info@newmuslimcool.com if you’d like to inquire about booking a Rap Session event, screening, panel discussion, performance, or documentary master class.
Thursday Jan 28, Downtown Los Angeles, Japanese American National Museum
The more community voices, the better! Come to a free screening at the beautiful theater at the Japanese American National Museum. And join director/producer Jennifer Maytorena Taylor and Najeeba Syeed-Miller from the Center for Community Engagement and Dialogue in post-screening dialogue groups about stereotypes, identity, and youth civic engagement. Co-sponsored by Active Voice and JANM, this event is free and open to all, starting at 7 pm. More info here.
Wednesday February 3, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
New Muslim Cool continues sweeping the Ivy League! Professor Fariha Khan and the Asian American Studies Program at Penn hosts a classroom discussion with director/producer Jennifer Maytorena Taylor and main character Hamza Pérez in the afternoon, followed by a free film screening and Q&A with Jen and Hamza at 6 pm. More info here.
Friday February 5, NYU, New York City
We are back in New York for a blockbuster screening, panel, and reception event featuring producer/director Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, main character Hamza Pérez PLUS Senior Project Advisor Zaheer Ali and legendary hip-hop pioneer Pop Master Jorge Fabel Pabon. Hosted by the Center for Media Culture and History and the Center for Religion and Media with a huge array of campus co-sponsors, this event is free but seats will go FAST so come on time, 4 pm. More info here
Saturday February 6, CineFestival, San Antonio TX, Best Documentary Award
New Muslim Cool screens at the country’s most venerable Latino Film Festival and picks up the coveted Premio Mesquite for Best Documentary. Director/producer Jennifer Maytorena Taylor will be in person for a screening and panel discussion at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center with a host of Latino film luminaries such as Jim Mendiola, Peter and Benjamin Bratt, and Cruz Angeles. Special thanks to the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center for co-sponsoring the screening, and to Blanco Cafe in advance for the breakfast tacos - the very ones that made Jen fall in love with Central Texas years ago! More info here.
Upcoming in February-March
Yale University
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with Bakari Kitwana and Rap Sessions
Maryland Institute for the Arts/Open Society Institute, Baltimore with Bakari and Rap Sessions
National UK Community Screening and Dialogue Tour with Faith Matters - this one will be BIG!
And much more in the works (Istanbul is one hint…)
