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Jan 22, 2016 · Maalik is outgoing and optimistic, and Naz reserved and slightly paranoid. While selling his wares on the street, Naz is picked up by an older man, but seems only dimly aware that a potential sale ...
Mar 20, 2015 · Naz (Cook) and Maalik (Johnson) are two best friends kicking it around their hood, hustling selling lotto tickets, prayer cards, and other items, trying to make a little scratch.
Jan 18, 2016 · Stars Kerwin Johnson Jr. (Naz) and Curtiss Cook Jr. (Maalik) have to carry the film as they are the only characters onscreen for the majority of its 86 minute run time. They mostly just walk around New York and chat about whatever pops into their heads, and this dearth of real action puts the task of holding the audience’s attention squarely ...
In this riveting dramatic tale, gay teens Naz and Maalik are friends, classmates, business partners and lovers. As the two closeted Muslim teens go about their regular daily routine on a Friday afternoon in Brooklyn they arouse the suspicions of an undercover FBI agent who begins to track them. This complex tale of race, religion and sexuality ...
ABOUT THE FILM. LONG SYNOPSIS. Over the course of one meditative Friday afternoon, two closeted Muslim teens have their secretive lives rattled by lingering FBI surveillance. NAZ & MAALIK examines the mysterious forces that animate teenage minds. Writer & Director Jay Dockendorf. Producers Margaret Katcher, Jacob Albert.
Jan 29, 2016 · Jay Dockendorf's new film presents a day in the life of two gay African-American teens, who also happen to be devout Muslims. Critic David Edelstein calls Naz & Maalik "excitingly fresh."
