BBC’s ‘Being Muslim’: How We Made it and Why

Mon 26 Jun 2023 | TP Sessions | 0 comments

A look behind the scenes at how this important and meaningful BBC documentary that looks at how Muslims mark life’s key moments of birth, childhood, marriage and death was made. Ziyaad Desai, Viant Siddique and Ricardo Clarke tell us how they cast, directed and cut the film – and what they took away from it personally.

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