Sultan Sharrief – MRQE https://mrqe.com Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:11:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png Sultan Sharrief – MRQE https://mrqe.com 32 32 Bilal’s Stand https://mrqe.com/movie/bilals-stand-m100088902/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/bilals-stand-m100088902/ Bilal is an upright black Muslim teen who works at his family’s taxi stand in Detroit. “The Stand,” as they affectionately call it, has been the family’s social and financial hub for the past 60 years, and Bilal is in line to carry the torch. But Bilal, who burns the midnight oil to keep up both the family business and his grades, develops a secret life designed to enable him to attend a top university. When his two lives collide, Bilal is forced to decide between keeping The Stand alive—and living the only life he has ever known—or taking a shot at social mobility.

Based on a true story, Bilal’s Stand radiates warmth, humor, and originality. Sultan Sharrief’s debut feature is a freshly crafted film filled with heart and authenticity that transports audiences to a world rarely seen on-screen and heralds the arrival of its filmmaker as a new voice in American independent cinema.


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