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Bilal's Stand

Global Muslim Cinema • Comedy, Drama, Kids and Family, PG-13, 01-Jan-2011

NOTE: not suitable for young children.

Bilal – a Muslim high school senior in Detroit – works long hours to keep up both his grades and his family’s long-owned taxi stand. “The Stand” has been the family’s social and financial hub for sixty years, and now Bilal is destined to carry the torch. Yet despite a series of setbacks at home, Bilal secretly submits a college application and takes up the most random hobby ever, ice carving, in order to win a scholarship. Now he is forced to decide whether to continue running The Stand – the only life he has ever known – or take a chance at social mobility.

Awards
Sundance Film Festival, Crystal Heart Award, MOMO New Directors New Films, Best Director, Detroit Windsor Film Festival

Read the Alchemiya review of Bilal's Stand on the Alchemiya Journal.

Tags
black muslim, america, african america, coming of age
Cast
Julian Gant Bilal
Angela G. King Neicy
Nadir Ahmad Uncle Malik
Sabrina Quinn Keisha
Charles G. Usztics Mr. Usztics
Chelsea O’Connor Ally
Angela Roberts Mila
Tariq Sharrief Tariq
Aleem Madhi Dullah
Helki Jackson Ms. Jackson
Danny Mooney Craig
Nashid Sharrief Maurice
Amir Khalid Twin 1
Jamil Khalid Twin 2
Amjad Tarsin Campus Tour Guide
Ashleigh Henton Toya
Crew
Sultan Sharrief director
Terri Sarris producer
Claudette Jocelyn Stern producer
Mark Hickner producer
Shoshana Hurand producer
Chris Blauvelt producer

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