Fordson is the name of a high school in Dearborn, Michigan and whose football team is the subject of the film by the same name.
The Fordson movie follows four members of a Muslim football team who practices and plays games during the month of Ramadan when they must refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours. 'Fordson' premiered as early as summer 2011 in select US theaters and has since been lauded as an award winning documentary.
There will be a free showing of the film as it is included in this year's docket of events for the University of Michigan's 25th annual MLK Symposium.
Because 'Fordson' touches on Arab and Muslim identity in a tumultous and Islamophobic post 9-11 world, it seems fitting that the documentary has a place in MLK symposium activities.
For a review on the movie visit the page at the link. Details about the symposium are listed below.
January 16, 2012 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Michigan Union Ballroom, Free to the Public
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football is a feature-length documentary film follows a predominantly Arab-American high school football team from a working-class Detroit suburb as they practice for their big cross-town rivalry game during Ramadan, a month when Muslims traditionally fast every day from sunrise to sundown, revealing a community holding onto its Islamic faith and the American Dream while struggling to gain acceptance in post 9/11 America. It is an inspirational story of an immigrant community’s resilience, that attempts to answer the question, “Who is an American?”
For more information about “Fordson”, please visit the website at http://fordsonthemovie.com/story.php
Sponsors: The University Library, University Housing, The Law Library, The School of Information, The Bentley Historical Library, OAMI
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