My identity / directed/produced by Yasmin Mistry.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Mistry, Yasmin, producer, director.

idesygn creative, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology).

Indian teenagers--Identity--United States.

Indian teenagers.

Conversion--Islam--United States.

Conversion.

Muslim converts--United States.

Muslim converts.

Indian foster children--United States.

Indian foster children.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (11 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : idesygn creative, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Ashley, a young Native-American Caucasian girl, converts to Islam in hopes of finding structure in a life where it never existed. Surrounded by drugs and alcohol, at age 8 Ashley becomes a ward of the state. She is separated from her brother and shuffled between the homes of extended family members where she bares witness to prostitution, drug dealing and her own mother's overdose. As a teenager Ashley seeks stability and unexpectedly finds it in the muslim hip-hop community. Ashley is drawn to the restrictions of the Islamic faith and believes these will prevent her from following in her family's footsteps. But this newfound stability is also the cause of a growing rift between herself and her estranged brother.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 05, 2017).

OCLC:

956908083