Comedians Negin Farsad, Dean Obeidallah, Maysoon Zayid, and Omar Elba travelled across the Southeastern United States and eventually branched out West.
They used stand-up comedy as the primary tool of the tour, but also used means such as 'Ask a Muslim' and 'Name that Religion'.
The documentary also includes commentary from figures such as Jon Stewart, Lewis Black, Rachel Maddow and Soledad O'Brien.
The Washington Post has an interactive website for this that lets you learn a little bit about the comedians, some comedy, and their thoughts on the subject on Islamophobia.
After watching them do 'Name that Religion' on The Washington Post's website, I found it interesting to see what some people thought was from the Quran ended up being from the New Testament or the Torah.
The film will be released soon. Unfortunately I found no release date, but it should be later this year, inshallah (God willing)!
This news video from CNN gives a great look at the project.
Check out the film's website and maybe even request to bring the film to a city near you
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