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Ghosts of Sugar Land

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Suburban Muslims have to learn to live with the consequences of a close friend's actions.
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Richard Brody The New Yorker 10/21/2019
Unfolds a personal drama with a geopolitical scope. Go to Full Review
Yasmin Adele Majeed The New York Review of Books 06/22/2020
Ghosts of Sugar Land is a look at the jump from boyhood to adulthood-that inevitable journey of loss. Go to Full Review
Chauncey K. Robinson People's World 11/21/2019
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The film attempts to explore the ramifications of an anti-Muslim atmosphere through an intimate lens of friendship, personal faith, and extremism. The results are mixed, but impactful. Go to Full Review
Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media 10/22/2019
3/5
Docu shows young Muslims worrying about radicalized friend. Go to Full Review
Joel Keller Decider 10/16/2019
A good view of what it's like to be a young Muslim man in post-9/11 America. Go to Full Review
Brenden Gallagher The Daily Dot 10/16/2019
4/5
There are many social, cultural, and spiritual strands in the 20-minute Ghosts of Sugar Land, and any of them could be pulled out into a feature-length project. Go to Full Review
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10/28/2020 Like previous films and reports that fetishize an individual's journey to extremism, this documentary is disrespectful and a disservice to the many innocent victims of ISIS. At minimum, the filmmaker could have mentioned the extent of the vicious crimes committed by ISIS such as the brutal murders of children or the sex slave camps and that the film's character in focus had likely participated in. Instead, the film portrays 'Mark' as the victim and we are only barely told through his friends that his choice was a poor one. No film about ISIS should ever ignore the victims and yet this film fails them so terribly. See more 01/25/2020 I was expecting some kind of action and was left with too many unanswered questions. Was a bit of a watse in my opinion. There was a good story there that just kind of went missing. I was intrigued in the beginning and then it lost me See more 01/09/2020 This is a wonderfully told documentary. It is short, no longer than it needs to be, and tells a compassionate story that I think needs to be told. It has an interesting style and feels personal and heartfelt— perfect for the story that is being told. It also gives just enough information. What we already assume, we don't need to be told. See more 01/07/2020 The way this is done makes it a must see. A very important expose. Done to a different perfection. Check it out. See more 12/04/2019 Inconclusive documentary. Former friends of Mark, the so called Ghosts of Sugar Land, don’t offer any real or interesting insight into the story. If they’re as misinformed as I am, I don’t care what they have to say. See more 10/27/2019 Good documentary. Nice story and good information and Netflix do a bad job by not make all the faces hidden all the time. Plus never address or say what are the questions that Mark asking and answer right so the general public not make the mistake of Mark a get misinformation. This is a documentary just for Sugar Land residents by kipper a local topic. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Suburban Muslims have to learn to live with the consequences of a close friend's actions.
Director
Bassam Tariq
Producer
Farihah Zaman, Bassam Tariq
Screenwriter
Thomas Niles, Bassam Tariq
Production Co
Field of Vision
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 16, 2019
Runtime
21m
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