40 Years On, a Controversial Film on Islam's Origins Is Now a Classic, a 2016 NPR Parallels retrospective, covers the reception of The Message then and since, including the preemptive controversy the film provoked among some Muslim viewers who had heard only a rumor that Muhammad would be shown, before the film itself proved otherwise. Its strength is that it is contemporary journalism from an established news organization reporting on the film's reception specifically. Its limit is that it is a retrospective news feature rather than academic film scholarship, so a claim about the film's formal or theological analysis needs a separate source.
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NPR's 2016 Parallels retrospective on the reception of The Message, the middle tier reflecting contemporary journalism from an established news organization reporting specifically on the film's reception, including the preemptive controversy it provoked among viewers who had heard only a rumor of how Muhammad would be shown. It is a retrospective news feature rather than academic film scholarship, so a claim about the film's formal or theological analysis needs a separate source. NotesNational Public Radio's 2016 retrospective on the film's reception, then and since, including the preemptive controversy the film provoked among some Muslim viewers who had heard only a rumor that Muhammad would be shown, before the film itself proved otherwise.
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AuthorNPR staff
PublisherNPR, Parallels
Publication Year2016
URLhttps://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/08/07/485234999/40-years-on-a-controversial-film-on-islams-origins-is-now-a-classic
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This source names Muhammad directly: "viewers who had heard only a rumor that Muhammad would be shown, before the film itself "
Source 40 Years On, a Controversial Film on Islam's Origins Is Now a Classic (NPR)NPR staff
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This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Screen Works, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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