Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 09-07-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Film/TV
“Fordson” is a feature length documentary film that follows four talented high school football players from Dearborn, Michigan as they gear up for their big senior year rivalry game during the last ten days of Ramadan, a month when Muslims traditionally fast every day from sunrise to sundown. The story is set against the backdrop of the stunningly beautiful Fordson High School, a public high school built by Henry Ford in 1922, which was once all white, but now boasts a 98% Arab population. As the team readies itself to play its affluent, cross town rival, the adversity faced by a community that is desperately holding onto its Islamic faith, while trying to gain acceptance from their fellow U.S. citizens in post 9-11 America, is unearthed.
Through the eyes of the team, their coaches, and their fans, you get 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.
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Posted by luxu on 09-07-2010
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