Taqwacores

College freshman Yusef (Bobby Naderi) gets a lot more than he bargains for when he moves off-campus into a house full of the most unorthodox young Muslims he’s ever known. And that’s a good thing, for him and for the audience of this energetic look at what it’s like to be young, angry and deeply religious Muslims living in Buffalo, New York. Director Eyad Zahra uses the hardcore Muslim punk music scene called Taqwacore to frame his story, but the music takes a back seat to the passionate debates the characters have between themselves about what it means to be Muslim in this day and age. It’s a discussion that needs to be heard wrapped in a movie that needs to be seen.