Muslims in Early Georgia: Find Films

Directed and produced by Andrea Kalen
Reenactments directed by Bill Duke
Narrated by Mos Def

Prince Among Slaves his a docudrama based on the book of the same title by historian Terry Alford. It is the true story of Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima, an educated Muslim of elite ancestry, who was captured and sold to English slavers, and then enslaved in Mississippi in 1788.

Directed by Julie Dash

An African-American family struggles with a painful past and an uncertain future, as some members prepare to leave their island home to start new lives on the mainland. There is a character named Bilali Muhammad in the film (portrayed by Umar Abdurrahamn), an obvious nod to the Sapelo Island patriarch. Set in 1902 on a Georgia sea island. (112 minutes).

From the series "This Life with Lisa Ling"
Alexander Street