"The Taqwacores" Los Angeles Premiere November 12, 2010

Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals’ selection "The Taqwacores" premieres in Los Angeles on November 12th at the Sunset 5 Theater. Show times will be announced one week prior to opening night, via fandango.com. A Q and A session with the director and crew will follow the screening. For movie trailer, visit: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/thetaqwacores/

"Yusef is a first-generation Pakistani-American engineering student who moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York. His new "un-orthodox" housemates soon introduce him to Taqwacore - a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene. As the seasons change, Taqwacore influences the house more and more. The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it continues to host punk shows at night. Ultimately, Yusef begins to challenge his own faith and ideologies. A powerful and original story of punk Islam in the USA and the discovery of oneself within the confines of religion."