American Muslim - Screening, Discussion and Q&A

Muslim Community Center in conjunction with Congregation Hakafa and Winnetka Congregational Church invite you to a special evening where we will be screening the movie American Muslim and having an intimate and lively discussion with the producer afterwards. More on the movie below:

On 3/4/21 - a link will be available to watch the movie ahead of time.

Schedule for 3/11/2021

6:00pmCST Start movie broadcast

7:30pm Introduction and discussion with Adam Zucker, producer of the film

Movie Summary:

On January 27, 2017, less than a week after taking office, Donald Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven predominately Muslim countries from entering the United States. The action was a strike against religious freedom unprecedented in this country’s history. Protesters rushed to airports where passengers were being detained while legal proceedings against the ban began.

For the next year and a half Muslim Americans and their many allies protested a string of executive orders declaring a travel ban. With a series of setbacks in the courts, the Administration continued to fine-tune the edicts in attempt to pass legal scrutiny. As the lives of American Muslims were upended and family members remained separated by borders, the Muslim ban slowly made its way to the Supreme Court. The trajectory of the ban provides the film’s backbone.

Adam Zucker bio: https://americanmuslimfilm.com/#team