Win Naz & Maalik DVD from Wolfe Video!

Naz & Maalik DVD

Win Naz & Maalik DVD from Wolfe Video! To enter the contest, fill out the form below between February 9 and March 1. The DVD's release date is January 26, 2016.

African-American, Muslim teenagers NAZ & MAALIK are best friends, classmates, and lovers. As the two closeted teens go about their regular daily routine on a Friday afternoon in Brooklyn - from visiting their local Mosque to selling lotto tickets on the streets - they arouse the suspicions of an undercover FBI agent who begins to track them. This complicated tale of race, religion, sexuality, and undercover surveillance is an original look into the lives of an underrepresented community, and what it means to be young and disenfranchised in New York City. Inspired by writer-director Jay Dockendorf's interviews with Muslims - including closeted gays - who experienced FBI surveillance in New York after 9/11.

Inspired by true events, NAZ & MAALIK deftly explores issues of government surveillance of Muslims, the tense relationship between black men and police, sexuality, and Brooklyn's increasing gentrification. This drama is a day in the life look at the unique experience of being young, gay, black and Muslim in Brooklyn. Anchored by award-winning, naturalistic lead performances from Kerwin Johnson, Jr. and Curtiss Cook, Jr., Indiewire said the film is 'intimate, authentic, and feels decidedly relevant in today's current context.'

AWARDS
IWC Filmmaker Award, Tribeca Film Institute
Best LGBT Film, Nashville Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Actors in a U.S. Dramatic Feature, OUTFEST Los Angeles

"Intimate, authentic, and feels decidedly relevant in today's current context... Naz & Maalik is an impressive debut."
- Indiewire

"A powerful treatise on what it is to be young and disenfranchised in New York City."
- Austin Chronicle

"Unfolds with a youthful vitality, bolstered by the charm of its lead actors."
- The Hollywood Reporter

Wolfe Video Presents
NAZ & MAALIK
Written and Directed by Jay Dockendorf

TRT: 86 min * 2015 * USA * Color

Directed by: Jay Dockendorf
Produced by: Margaret Katcher, Jacob Albert

Cast:
Kerwin Johnson, Jr., Curtiss Cook, Jr.
Distributed by: Wolfe Video

RELEASE PLATFORMS:
NAZ AND MAALIK will be available January 26th, 2016 on DVD via Wolfe Video and many major retailers, and also on VOD via WolfeOnDemand.com and additional digital platforms. The film is also playing theatrically in NYC at Cinema Village starting Friday, January 22, 2016.

FILMMAKER:
JAY DOCKENDORF (writer, director) is a writer, director and composer. Naz & Maalik is his first narrative feature. His short documentary "Vigilante Copy Editor" (2013) was a featured Op-Doc of The New York Times. He co-composed the music for Naz & Maalik with Adam Gunther. Winner of Tribeca Film Institute's IWC Filmmaker Award for Naz & Maalik, Jay has two more features in development with producers Margaret Katcher and Jacob Albert. All three are graduates of Yale University.

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