简介："It’sanage-oldAmericantradition:immigrantgroupstakeupcomedytofightagainstdiscrimination.Onepathtounderstandingistomakepeoplelaugh.NowMuslim-AmericanshavecomeforwardtohelpdismantlethestereotypesandhatredthathavesurgedsinceSeptember11,2001.STANDUP:MuslimAmericanComicsComeofAgeisthestoryoffivecomedians:AhmedAhmed,TissaHami,DeanObeidallah,AzharUsmanandMaysoonZayid.Eachoftheseartistsfelttheaftershockof9/11personally.AtatimewhenpeopleofMiddleEasternoriginwereadvisedtolaylow,theyallchosetostandup—andtelljokes.Thisfilmexploreshowtheyarerespondingto9/11,eachinadifferentway,butallusinghumortodefinewhotheyare. Fromfalsearreststodeaththreats,thesecomicsfacechallengesfrombothmainstreamAmericaandwithintheMuslimcommunity.Allareatcriticalpointsintheircareers,eachevolvingdifferentlyasacomic.Buttheyareallstrivingforonething:tobreakthroughthetypecastingandachievemainstreamcomedysuccess.FollowinginthefootstepsofcomicssuchasLennyBruce,RichardPryor,GeorgeLopez,andMargaretCho,theyareusingstand-upcomedytomakethecaseforArabandMusliminclusionintheAmerican'publicsquare.'Aboveall,STANDUP:MuslimAmericanComicsComeofAgeisanAmericanstory.Whichmeansalmostanythingisfairgameforalaugh."…