PBS's latest nationally aired documentary has not just a Pittsburgh connection or two, but a profound Pittsburgh focus.
New Muslim Cool, a film by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, follows a young Puerto Rican-American man, Hamza, as he explores his identity as a rapper, a former drug dealer, a divorced dad, a newlywed and a Muslim convert, all within the landscape of Pittsburgh's North Side. Hamza, who approaches every human encounter as an opportunity to get closer to God, must confront the prejudices of a post-9/11 world when the FBI raids his mosque.
The 90-minute film, which is part of PBS's "P.O.V.," series aired locally at 10 p.m. Tues., June 23 on WQED.
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