excellent screening of The Muslims I Know at SUNY Brockport yesterday, for Johannes Bockwoldt’s film class. a full house and at least an hour long Q&A with non-stop questions and comments coming in. we discussed everything from the nature of islamophobia, to the current muslim ban, the depiction of muslims in the media to film distribution. had a particularly moving exchange about the overlap between islamophobia and racism and the need to strip away difference in order to belong. i’ve been under the weather and we had talked about skyping but i thought it an important opportunity to interact directly with a class full of students. thank u Johannes for screening the film, in the beautiful new liberal arts building.