---
title: 'New Muslim Cool (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jennifer Maytorena Taylor'
released: '2009-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/new-muslim-cool-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399584/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# New Muslim Cool (2009)

2009 · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

New Muslim Cool is a 2009 documentary film directed and produced by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor. The film was initially released on POV and follows the life of Hamza Perez, a Puerto Rican American Rap artist who converted to Islam after he decided to quit his life as a drug dealer. Hamza spends his time on the streets and jail cells spreading the message of Islam to at-risk youth and communities. The film also features the hip-hop group M-Team, a musical collaboration between Hamza and his brother Suliman Perez. The duo utilize the medium of hip-hop to spread their faith and religious message to other young people. In the midst of his journey to establish a new religious community and a new family in the North side of Pittsburgh, Hamza is forced to face the reality of being an active Muslim in a post 9/11 America when the community's Mosque gets raided by the FBI.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jennifer Maytorena Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-maytorena-taylor)

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