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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Covered girls
  name:
    name part: McIntyre, Janet.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Wendel, Amy.
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
  genre: Documentary.
  genre: Streaming videos.
  genre: Documentary films.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2003
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (21 min.)
  abstract: Have you ever seen Muslim-American high school girls in full-length dresses and traditional hijabs (head scarves) playing full-court basketball? Prior to 9/11, the average Westerner had little more than one-dimensional views of Islam and Muslim women. Covered Girls opens a window into the lives of a colorful and startling group of Muslim-American teenage girls in New York and challenges the stereotypes many Americans may have about this culture. The film documents the daily experience of Kiren who coaches her high school basketball team, Amnah who has a black belt in Karate, and Tavasha who is cutting a CD of original rap songs. Their traditional clothing allows them to understand prejudices and to speak out about their faith, especially after 9/11, when people spat upon, pushed and threatened them. They are quite happy that their dress allows men to look at them as people instead of as sex objects. The film follows the girls from a Harlem recording studio to a Brooklyn mosque, revealing typical teenagers suddenly caught in a tug-of-war between religious extremism and the American dream. A closed-captioned version is available. Please specify when ordering.
  target audience: For High School; College; Adult audiences.
  target audience: general
  note: by Janet McIntyre and Amy Wendel.
  note: English.
  note: National Women's Studies Association, 2004
  note: Best Short Documentary, Nashville Independent Film Festival, 2003
  note: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2003
  note: Official Selection, Walker Art Center's Women with Vision Film Festival, 2003
  note: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2003
  subject:
    topic: Hijab (Islamic clothing)
    topic: Social aspects
  subject:
    topic: Hijab (Islamic clothing)
    topic: Religious aspects
  subject:
    topic: Muslim women
  subject:
    topic: Ḥijāb
    topic: Aspect social
  subject:
    topic: Ḥijāb
    topic: Aspect religieux
  subject:
    topic: Musulmanes
  subject:
    topic: Muslim women
  classification: PN1200eb
  classification: 305.420962
  related item:
    identifier: (OCoLC)747796286
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Filmakers Library online
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: ALSTP
    record creation date: 080405
    record change date: 20241201225411.4
    record identifier: in00005534483
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng