Omar Majeed

Award-winning director, editor and producer Omar Majeed’s first feature-length documentary TAQWACORE: The Birth of Punk Islam chronicles the rise of the nascent Muslim Punk scene in North America and Pakistan. In 2012, Omar produced and co-directed another feature film profiling a Montreal-based theatre troupe comprised of young adults with developmental disabilities which aired on CBC Montreal entitled The Frog Princes. Omar also edited the feature documentary Inside Lara Roxx, directed by Mia Donovan, Buzkashi by Najeeb Mirza, and The Fruit Hunters (Discovery Channel) by Yung Chang.