Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football

Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football (2011)

Not Rated 09 Sep 2011 • Documentary, History, News • 1h 32m
Loading...

'Fordson' follows a high school football team from Dearborn, Michigan as it prepares for its big cross-town rivalry game during the last ten days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The story is set at Fordson High School, a public school, which was once all white, but now boasts a 98% Arab-American population. As we follow the team on the road to victory, 'Fordson' unearths the story of a community desperately holding onto its Islamic faith while struggling to gain acceptance in post 9-11 America. 'Fordson' is an unprecedented glimpse inside the lives of a community that is home to the largest concentration of Arabs in any city outside of the Middle East, and their determination to hold on to the American Dream.

Rashid Ghazi
Director
Ruth Leitman
Writer
Bilal Abu-Omarah, Hussein Ajami, Mustapha Bazzi
Starring

Language: English
Awards:
Country: United States
Metacritic Score: 57
DVD Release Date:
Box Office Total:

6.7

IMDb (113 votes)
71%
Rotten Tomatoes
Loading...