Bilal's Stand

Loved It
Great movie independently produced by unknown actors. It depicts the relationships between members of a large Muslim family who happen to be black. A new way both of seeing Muslims and of understanding black culture.

Excellent! A film about something! A depiction of REAL black people.
Short Attention Span Summary:

1. A young man lives in Inkster. (I could swear that they shot some of this movie over in Lemoyne Gardens before it got torn down.)
2. He goes to school in Romulus. (These are all places that someone in Southeastern Michigan would know and this situation of Inkster kids going to Romulus is a very common one.)
3. It seems that his family has a cab company that supports them-- *just barely*.
4. They happen to be Muslim
5. Remainder of film is about young man using ice sculpture as a way to get a college scholarship and the conflicts it causes about leaving his family. There are a few minor plot elements.

All the characters in this film are actually real people (or based on real people). The culinary arts teacher, Mr. Charles Usztics really is (was) a teacher in the Romulus school system (he taught me) and the places that they showed were all places that I have passed 1,000 times in actuality.

The acting...



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