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In Good Faith: The Building of a Mosque and a Community Screening with panel featuring
Bilal Kaleem, MAS Boston
Dr. Diana L. Eck, Pluralism Project
Dr. Larry Lowenthal, American Jewish Committee
Father Raymond Helmick, S.J., Boston College
Location: ISBCC, 100 Malcolm X Blvd, Roxbury
Time: 5:45pm
Free Admission
______________________________________________________________________ Boston College
FILM PREMIERE:
Boston Mosque Controversy and Local Muslim Community
Examined by New Student Documentary
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (March 11, 2009) – The building of New England’s largest mosque and the attempts of the Boston Muslim community to establish itself are the subjects of “In Good Faith,” a student documentary film screening Sunday, March 22nd at theIslamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC)at 5:45PM. The screening is sponsored by Boston College’s Interfaith Initiative and admission is free and open to the public. A Q&A panel and receptionwill follow the screening.
The panel will include notable religious experts and authorities. Present will be Bilal Kaleem, Executive Director of the Muslim American Society, Boston Chapter, Diana L. Eck, professor at Harvard University and Director of the Pluralism Project, Dr. Larry Lowenthal, of the American Jewish Committee,and Father Raymond Helmick S.J., professor of theology at Boston College. Also present will be Matt Porter, the film’s director.
“In Good Faith” focuses on the issues faced by the interfaith community of Boston, with the construction of the ISBCC as the focal point. Among those interviewed include officials from the Boston Archdiocese, the Muslim American Society, and the American Jewish Committee. The hour-long film addresses the effect of the fears of radical extremism on the lives of Boston area Muslims and their efforts to come to a better sense of understanding with other religious groups. “In Good Faith” has been honored with the Salmanowitz Grant for Moral Courage in Film and has been entered in numerous regional film festivals.
Porter, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Political Science and Theatre, filmed “In Good Faith” with the hope of shedding light on the people and groups surrounding the new mosque. He found that the building of the new mosquein Roxbury served as “A microcosm of the national state of relations between Muslims and Non-Muslims.” Porter has a strong background in journalism and compiled over 150 hours of footage during the two years he spent working on the film.
For more information regarding “In Good Faith,” visit www.mp-reports.com, or contact Matt Porter directly at MPReports06@gmail.com.
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