By Kelsey Paulus
Reporter
(KENT WIRED) Kent State alumnus Aman Ali graduated in 2006 as a newspaper reporter. He paved his way through many successes since then, including careers as a stand-up comedian and a storyteller. Now, he has the title of documentarian to add to his resume.
Aman and his brother, NYU film graduate Zeshawn Ali, joined forces to give insight into the spiritual culture of Black-American Muslims. “Two Gods” tells the story of Hanif Muhammad, a casket maker and ritual body washer, as he coaches two young boys into his work.
While growing up in the suburbs of Columbus, the brothers faced a lack of diverse representation in their community and in the media. The representation of their Muslim culture was, and continues to be, politicized, Aman said. So in the making of this film, they wanted to stray as far from that as possible to create an educational narrative.