Berlinale Tackles Muslim Life
It’s a goal clearly in vogue at this year’s Berlinale, where fully a dozen films tackle complex and previously unexplored aspects of Muslim life. In “The Song of Sparrows,” the Oscar-nominated Iranian director Majid Majidi tells the story of a modern-day Iranian family that moves from the suburbs of Tehran to the city, where the father falls upon hard times. Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss’s documentary “Full Battle Rattle” focuses on the Iraqi-Americans who “play” Iraqis in the U....