Halal
Since the event of 9/11 in 2001, Islamophobia has spread all over the world, especially in the United States of America. Earlier last year, President Donald Trump also banned people from a number of Muslim countries from entering the USA, with an idea to eventually ban all Muslims from coming to the USA. As a Muslim student from Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, I am amazed to encounter so many misconceptions of Islam and the concept of Halal in the United States. This short film shows about the lives of the Muslim population in Buffalo, USA, by exploring a simple question many non-Muslims have asked me: What is Halal?
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Azalia MuchransyahDirector
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Azalia MuchransyahWriter
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Azalia MuchransyahProducer
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Adhi AnugrohoExecutive Producer
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Azalia MuchransyahEditors
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Adhi AnugrohoEditors
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Azalia MuchransyahKey Cast"Azalia Muchransyah/Narrator"
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Zainab AllabasiKey Cast"Zainab Allabasi"
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Pasha ShedKey Cast"Pasha Shed"
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Ayman Al KhateebKey Cast"Ayman Al Khateeb"
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Shahneel AhmedKey Cast"Shahneel Ahmed"
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Tehniyet AzamKey Cast"Tehniyet Azam"
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Najmul AzamKey Cast"Najmul Azam"
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Raana AzamKey Cast"Raana Azam"
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Umar AzamKey Cast"Umar Azam"
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Osan KassemKey Cast"Osan Kassem"
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NaghtyKey Cast"Naghty"
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Project Type:Documentary, Short, Student
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Genres:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:14 minutes 43 seconds
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Completion Date:December 10, 2017
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Production Budget:986 USD
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Country of Origin:Indonesia
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes
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VI International Film Festival Golden Frame 2019Kharkov
Ukraine
May 21, 2019
World Premiere
Official Selection -
Sandalia Sustainability Film Festival 2019Sassari
Italy
September 1, 2019
International Premiere
Official Selection -
Cefalu Film Festival 2019Palermo
Italy
June 1, 2019
Sicily Premiere
Official Selection -
Independent Film Night at the Newtown Theatre 2019Newton
United States
July 14, 2019
North America Premiere -
DMS SHOW 2018Buffalo
United States
May 14, 2018
School Screening
Official Selection
Azalia Muchransyah is pursuing a Ph.D. in Media Study at University at Buffalo (SUNY). She is a recipient of 2017 DIKTI-Funded Fulbright Ph.D. Scholarship. Her area of interest is advocacy media, specifically AIDS Media in Indonesia. Her short films have been officially selected and screened in international festivals and academic conferences. In 2019, she is chosen as a Social Impact Fellow at University at Buffalo as well as a Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) Diversity Scholar at Ithaca College. She is also a contributor for vcinemashow.com, an online platform for Asian film, media, and culture. To know more about her works, visit https://azalia.myportfolio.com/.
Halal (حلال in Arabic) is translated as permissible. It is a term that refers to what is permissible for all Muslims (followers of Islam). Even though Halal is more popularly used to describe foods and drinks that are permissible for Muslims to consume, it can be applied for many different occasions, such as marriage and money. This is not as simple as not consuming pork and alcohol or as mischievous of a radical idea like non-Muslims often think. With this short film, I want to show everybody around the world about Muslims in USA, by exploring a simple question many non-Muslims have asked me: What is Halal?