Heartland Film Festival: Among the Believers

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE / OFFICIAL SELECTION 84 MINUTES / PAKISTAN, USA / 2015 Directors: Hemal Trivedi, Mohammed Ali Naqvi Writer: Jonathan Goodman Levitt Producers: Jonathan Goodman Levitt, Hemal Trivedi Executive Producer: Whitney Dow Featured Subjects: Maulana Abdul Aziz, Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy Firebrand cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi, an ISIS supporter and Taliban ally, is waging jihad against the Pakistani government with the aim of imposing Shariah law. His primary weapon is his expanding network of Islamic seminaries for children as young as four. Among the Believers follows Aziz’s personal quest, and charts the lives of two of his teenage students who are pawns in his ideological war. This film contains mature themes and some disturbing violent images related to extremist violence. In Urdu and English with English subtitles