Director Yusuf Al-Rahman and the non-profit organization Peace December (http://peacedecember.org/) have teamed up to create a short film dedicated to highlighting the devastation of gun violence in America. The film will focus on the victims, the lost, and looking at...

Muslim's have been depicted very stereotypically incorrect as hardline extremists in cinema. My journey and passion was to direct a film that spoke to the mainstream, ordinary, practicsing Muslim that lives every day as a moral law-biding citizen working hard to take c...

Greetings everyone. This is the official link to the fundraising campaign for, "African Violet's Tears." A film about one woman's triumph over adversity & the emotional/physical scars of female genital mutilation. The film, in essence, is about gender equality & women'...

An interview with film director Yusuf Al-Rahman about his upcoming short drama "Duress."
 

My feature thesis film I am working on, "African Violet's Tears," is a story about the horrors of female genital mutilation (FGM) and how it affects women everyday. The subtext of my film is really about one afraid, but courageous, African immigrant who deals with the...

The world of film is constantly changing but the hunger and demand for great content is not. As a filmmaker, I continue to strive to create great viceral stories that captivate and entertain the masses of people who appreciate independent films.