Another made-in-Detroit documentary from filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady will be shown on HBO tonight.
“The Education of Mohammad Hussein” is a 38-minute film that, according to Julie Hinds in the Free Press, delves into the lives of young students at the Al-Ikhlas Training Academy, described as one of more than a dozen traditional Islamic schools in metro Detroit.
Ewing and Grady were the fillmakers behind the critically acclaimed "Detropia," the impressionistic documentary on Detroit that came out in 2012.
In the film, which overlapped time-wise with Ewing and Grady’s work on “Detropia,” viewers get to meet tweens and teens, like 10-year-old Mohammad, who face discrimination because of their Muslim faith.
Ewing told Kinds the film is an example of the city’s vast store of film-worthy topics.
“Detroit is a very fascinating and multilayered place, and there’s a lot of different stories to tell. This one merited its own treatment,” says Ewing, who grew up in Farmington Hills.
Previously on Deadline Detroit:
"Detropia:" Wandering Through Detroit As The World Passes It By
