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Summer is a 17-year old carefree black girl, whose world is turned upside down when her mother, a popular meteorologist named Jade Jennings, abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person, prompting Summer to reevaluate her identity.
But, while Summer initially resists Islam, she eventually becomes drawn to its teachings, particularly around the "Jinn," supernatural beings who occupy a parallel world and have free will, like humans. Summer soon realizes that the religion is more complex than she thought, and that people interpret it in different ways. Yet, Summer's need to be free and untethered to any one way of being clashes with her mother’s strict interpretation of the faith and causes a growing rift between them.
When Summer meets Tahir, a fellow Muslim classmate who attends the same masjid, she is further drawn to the religion and especially to his parent’s fluid, freeing practice of it. As Summer and Tahir build a connection based in laughter, curiosity, and beef pepperoni, a budding sexual attraction ignites, causing a major conflict between physical desire and piety.
Original Release
11/15/2018
US Release
11/15/2018
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Zoe Renee | Summer |
Hisham Tawfiq | Imam Khalid |
Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Tahir |
Dorian Missick | David |
Kelly Jenrette | Rasheedah |
Maya Morales | Tati |
Upasana Beharee | Maryam |
Damien D. Smith | Dawud |
Horace Dodd | Jordan |
John Zderko | Myles |
Directors
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Zoe Renee | Summer |
Hisham Tawfiq | Imam Khalid |
Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Tahir |
Dorian Missick | David |
Kelly Jenrette | Rasheedah |
Maya Morales | Tati |
Upasana Beharee | Maryam |
Damien D. Smith | Dawud |
Horace Dodd | Jordan |
John Zderko | Myles |
Emily Adams | Jennifer |
Melissa Kay Anderson | Vendor |
Megan Clancy | Mary (office worker) |
Jaimie Day | Girl At Party |
Kobie Dozier | Chris |
Soufiane El Khalidy | Muslim Congregation Member |
Ahmed Elghatas | Vendor |
Gabriel Garzaro | Hector |
Sein Gay | Man in Love |
Maisie Grace | High School Student |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Simone Missick | Executive Producer |
Mike Manning | Executive Producer |
Elton Brand | Executive Producer |
Angela Harvey | Executive Producer |
Jason Kampf | Executive Producer |
Shandra L. McDonald | Executive Producer |
Amy McGary | Executive Producer |
Kristen McGary | Executive Producer |
Billy Mulligan | Executive Producer |
Tommy Oliver | Executive Producer |
Arielle Saturne | Producer |
Nijla Mumin | Producer |
Maya Emelle | Producer |
Marc Schneier | Producer |
Avril Z. Speaks | Producer |
Roderick Teachey | Producer |