For centuries, the contributions and stories of Muslims in America have often gone untold. American Muslims: A History Revealed, a six-part PBS documentary series, uncovers 200 years of Muslim American history, from enslaved African Muslims to diverse immigrant communities that shaped the U.S. Picture Motion has launched a screening tour to bring this vital series to your community.
This LIVE Virtual Screening will feature Episode Six: How Islam Influenced Black Americans in 1920s Chicago. In this film, host Malika Bilal (Senior Presenter, Al Jazeera English) tells the story of these early Black American Muslim communities through a woman named Florence Watts, who moved to the bustling South Side of Chicago around 1910, where she found work as a cook and a maid.
The screening will be followed by a panel conversation with the Executive Producer of the series, Zaheer Ali, and featured hosts of the series, Malika Bilal and Asma Khalid.