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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary 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 mo...

Directed By: Eyad Zahra

Written By: Michael Muhammad Knight, Eyad Zahra

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m

The Taqwacores

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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 mo...

Directed By: Eyad Zahra

Written By: Michael Muhammad Knight, Eyad Zahra

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
42
25% Positive
2 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
38% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
42
25% Positive
2 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
38% Negative
3 Reviews

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67
Oct 21, 2010
Deepens as it plays out, and rewards viewers who stick with it through the clumsier passages. The film is moving and thought-provoking.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
65
Oct 22, 2010
Ideally, The Taqwacores should be seen with "Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam," a new documentary that provides a better sense of the scene's aims and motivations. Zahra's jumpy feature film captures much of taqwacore's energy, but less of its meaning.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 22, 2010
The actual Taqwacore movement is distilled in blatantly simplistic fashion, but Zahra does capture the novel's adolescent excitement, in which a new generation rediscovers rebellion all over again.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 21, 2010
Whether anyone over the age of 16 will find the film's proud amateurism and choir-preaching personally enlightening, much less profound, is anyone's guess.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
30
Nov 11, 2010
As a misfit-centric slap at religious conformity, the story's premise couldn't be more primed for trenchant social comedy, but screenwriter Knight and director Eyad Zahra opt for maintaining a thin veneer of tiresome obnoxiousness over exploring the contours of an emotionally complicated subculture.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 26, 2010
Extremely crude in its technical elements, the low-budget film does reveal stylistic ambitions through devices like frequently reverting from color to black-and-white film stock. But the shaky narrative style and broad characterizations undo its effectiveness.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
25
Oct 22, 2010
There's certainly a good movie to be made about Muslim punk musicians in the US, but this isn't it.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Rumanni Filmworks
Release Date Oct 22, 2010
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Punk. Muslim. American.
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Awards

VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Ourense Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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