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What was the response of the Muslims you interviewed to the fact that you were making such a film?
Weirdly, the common response was: "Oh great, about time, bring it on." Which I wasn't expecting. I remember when we were making the film, we had to shoot in a halal kebab shop. The owners asked to be there while we were filming, and I told them they could. But we eventually had to remove them from the room, because they were laughing too hard. Muslims in Britain like the idea that a lighter note might be introduced into the discourse. That's not why I made the film, but I was surprised to find that was their general response. Maybe it's cause I was mostly talking to younger people. The older ones might take a more dim view of some of this stuff.
"Four Lions" does not yet have U.S. distribution.
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