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The Message

January 30, 2017 By Jess Downie Leave a Comment

The film The Message: the Story of Islam is very different from a traditional Hollywood biopic. Most biographical films are about a specific person and contain an actor portraying that person. This film however is very different from this. The main figure of the story is the Prophet Mohammad. Instead of having someone portray Mohammad, […]

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The Message

January 30, 2017 By Tessa Sarr Leave a Comment

What first struck me as a defining factor of the film The Message was the fact that essentially the main character, Muhammad, was not visually depicted given filmmaker’s respect for the Islamic tradition which forbids any direct representation of any religious figures. When this was stated in the opening credits of the film I was […]

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The Message

January 30, 2017 By Emily Andrews Leave a Comment

The Message: The Story of Islam narrates the challenging conception of the Islamic religion. The story is depicted in a biopic way that elucidates the life of the prophet Muhammad. However, The Message diverges from the typical Hollywood biopic in the sense that it focuses less on Muhammad and his personal history but, rather, his […]

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The Message: The Story of Islam

January 30, 2017 By Haley Mullen 1 Comment

Haley Mullen The Message: The Story of Islam          The film The Message: The story of Islam is deliberately not a usual Hollywood biopic. Depicting the start the Islamic faith from Muhammad’s reception of the angel Gabriel’s message to his death, the film pays the utmost respect to the religion of Islam […]

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The Message

January 28, 2017 By Steven Sedig Leave a Comment

Steven Sedig The Message In The Message, the protagonist is never shown throughout the film making it different from many other Hollywood biopics. The entire plot revolves around Muhammad, however he is never seen by the viewer. This is done in order to respect the Islamic belief that holy figures should not be recreated in […]

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The Message

January 27, 2017 By Evi Robinson 1 Comment

  The Message conveys the history of the rise of one of the largest religions in the world and the filmmakers were able remain historically accurate and respectful. At the beginning of the film there was a short message that stated multiple Islamic scholars had approved the accuracy of the film. Not only does that […]

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  • Emily Andrews
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  • Grayson Kennedy
  • Haley Mullen
  • janice mann
  • Jess Downie
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  • Rebecca Reeve
  • Savanna Morrison
  • Steven Sedig
  • Tessa Sarr

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