THE EDUCATION OF MOHAMMAD HUSSEIN is an intimate look at how the largest Muslim community in America responds to the provocations of an anti-Islamic preacher. Through the eyes of children, the film examines what it is like to come of age as a Muslim in the United States ten years post 9/11.
Direction
Ewing and Grady let silence scream louder than sermons.
Editing
38 minutes that feel like necessary homework.
Director
Heidi Ewing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in Dearborn, Michigan — home to America's largest Arab American population and frequent target of political demonization.
Directors chose children as protagonists deliberately: they're the only ones still asking honest questions in a debate grown adults have polluted.
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