Mujahid

"A screenplay jihadists will hate and civilized people will love.... Set in Chicago during the holiday season, the story involves a conflict between Husam, a young Muslim man who takes Islam seriously, and his younger brother Jasim. The conflict escalates after Husam is handed a heavy bag by a bearded man and gets on a bus heading downtown.... How is the conflict resolved? In an immensely satisfying way—as fans of Cordair’s work would expect." -- Daniel Wahl, The Objective Standard. Semi-Finalist in the Napa Valley Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Running time: approx. 30 minutes.

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“Efficacy, brilliantly dramatized. I read this screenplay during a layover in the city it is set in, Chicago. Somehow that brings the story closer. It’s a tight, powerful, well done screenplay that dramatizes the fact that your choices and actions do indeed make a difference. As I finished reading, getting to cruising altitude out of Chicago in that collection of a million parts each individually decided upon and assembled into a jetliner taking me affordably across the entire continent in less than a day, I got to observe a toddler stand up on his mom’s lap in the row ahead of mine. He was reaching up and learning that the buttons and vents above him had predictable, repeatable reactions to his manipulations, and his joy at the discovery was brilliant to behold. This resonated so powerfully with what Quent dramatized in his screenplay. The scope of my abstract understanding of human efficacy was expanded, and my perception and appreciation for the joy of it in the concrete was also expanded. Thanks for that, Quent! And hey, without all that “waxing philosophical,” it’s a rocking good tale, too!” ~ Erik Wingren.

“I've watched several short films lately that left me flat, but reading "Mujahid" left me cheering for the life-loving spirit that reasons, creates prosperity and enjoyment, and has the courage to defend what it loves.

My husband and I read "Mujahid" together, and it gave our own spirits a powerful lift.

I'd love to see this script turned into a short film. It's the kind of a gem that powers home the sort of values that keeps a person alive inside, and emphasizes what it takes, sometimes, to keep those *values* alive. As strong as it is in print, I think it would be smashing on the screen.” ~ Barbara A H Marinakis