This Sunday we will be showing in the Mosque’s hall a documentary Winner of the Best Documentary at the 2007 American Black Film Festival, PRINCE AMONG SLAVES tells the compelling story of Abdul Rahman, an African Muslim prince, through feature-film styled re-enactments directed by Andrea Kalin and Emmy-Award-winner Bill Duke; contemporary artworks, archival letters and diaries; and on-camera interviews with distinguished scholars and experts. Narrated by actor and hip-hop artist Mos Def, PRINCE AMONG SLAVES is based on Dr. Terry Alford’s biography of the same name.

Abdul Rahman was captured in 1788 and sold into slavery in the American South. He endured the horrific Middle Passage and ended up the “property” of a poor and nearly illiterate planter from Natchez, Mississippi, named Thomas Foster. Rahman remained enslaved for 40 years before finally regaining his freedom under dramatic circumstances, becoming one of the most famous men of his day. He returned to Africa, his royal status acknowledged.

We will be showing the film documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet, between Maghrib and Isha this coming Sunday June 7, 2009. Please bring a friend, muslim and non muslim. Everybody is welcome. 

Film Synopsis
His father died before he was born, and his mother died when he was only six. But sheltered by a powerful uncle, he made a good start in life, established himself in a profitable business and married well. And then, at the age of 40, he was transformed.

A man who could not read or write, he announced that he was the prophet of God.

His name was Muhammad, and in the next 23 years he would bring peace to the warring pagan tribes of Arabia and establish the new religion of Islam, which today has 1.2 billion followers.

The film was produced by Michael Schwarz, the founder of Kikim Media, a production company that draws on 25 years of experience in print and broadcast journalism to engage, entertain and inform audiences. Kikim’s projects are guided by its fundamental commitment to fairness and accuracy, and by an abiding conviction that a true story, honestly told, can change people’s lives. the film is also produced by Unity Productions Foundation. Michael Wolfe and Alex Kronemer administer Unity Productions Foundation together. Both are authors and journalists and both have covered the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca for American television. Unity Productions Foundation is a nonprofit production company whose mission is to develop balanced, fair and accurate journalistic material concerning the world’s cultural and spiritual traditions in order to help increase understanding and tolerance.
Here is the trailer of the doc: