Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
| Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet | |
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Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet promotional poster
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| Directed by |
Michael Schwarz Omar al-Qattan |
| Starring |
Karen Armstrong Hossein Nasr Daisy Khan M. Cherif Bassiouni Mohammed Zakariya |
| Narrated by | André Braugher |
| Theme music composer |
Kabir Helminski Martin Bresnick |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Michael Schwarz Alex Kronemer Michael Wolfe |
| Editor(s) | Glen Ebesu Gail Huddleson |
| Running time | 116 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Kikim Media Unity Productions Foundation |
| Distributor | KQED |
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| Original network | PBS |
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Muhammad: Legacy of the Prophet is a PBS documentary film about the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad based on historical records and on the stories of living American Muslims who call Muhammad the Messenger of God. It was produced in 2002 by Alex Kronemer and Michael Wolfe of Unity Productions Foundation and Kikim Media.
Three years in the making, the documentary tells the story of the seventh century prophet who changed world history in 23 years, and continues to shape the lives of more than 1.2 billion people. The film takes viewers not only to the Arabian desert and ancient Middle Eastern sites where Muhammad's story unfolded, but also into the homes, mosques and workplaces of some of America's estimated 7 million Muslims to discover the many ways in which they follow Muhammad's example. Scholars on Islam provide historical context and critical perspective.
Producer and director Michael Schwarz stated;
"There are six to seven million Muslims here in America, where Islam is the country’s fastest growing religion, but many Americans are completely unfamiliar with the life story of the remarkable man who founded this religion 1400 years ago."
Among the people in the film, the following are included:
Funding for Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Arabian Bulk Trade, Sabadia Family Foundation, Irfan Kathwari Foundation, El-Hibri Foundation, Qureishi Family Trust, and many individual contributors.
Muhammad was originally broadcast nationwide on December 18, 2002 on PBS and has since been rebroadcast on well over 600 individual PBS stations. The United States of America (U.S.) viewership is estimated to be over 10 million. The documentary received worldwide broadcast in many languages on National Geographic International in December 2003 and many other countries.
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