Majeed 's 2009 documentary '' Taqwacore '' is a look at the Muslim punk movement that sprung Michael Muhammad Knight 's book The Taqwacores and features members of The Kominas , Diacritical , Secret Trial Five , and Al-Thawra . It has been shown at several international festivals , including the Vancouver International Film Festival , Montreal 's Féstival du nouveau cinéma , the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam ( IDFA ) , the Gothenburg Film Festival and the Available Light Film Festival in Whitehorse . It has played theatrically in Canada and will open across the United States in 2010 . The film had its U.S. premiere at Austin 's South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2010
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Omar Majeed