“The point of making this film is to put a human face on Muslims and Islam,” says the filmmaker.
' Mooz Lum,” based on Basir’s life story, chronicles his upbringing in a strict Black Muslim family, studying to be a Qu’ranic scholar before transitioning to college life. Basir says the film’s title represents a mispronunciation of “Muslim” and conveys how misunderstood Islam is in the United States.
