Tag: Mooz-lum
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Facebook Was Vital For Indie Filmmakers. Now Their Followers Are Held Hostage, and the Ransom Keeps Changing
When Qasim Basir made his 2010 debut feature, “Mooz-lum,” the story of an American Muslim going to college in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Facebook changed the trajectory of his filmmaking career.“It was a very difficult movie to get out,” said Basir. “It wasn’t about terrorism, [but] it still received a great amount…