Accept the Call

synopsis

Twenty-five years after leaving Somalia as a refugee to begin his life anew in Minnesota, Yusuf Abdurahman's nineteen-year-old-son Zacharia is arrested in an FBI anti-terrorism sting operation. "Accept the Call" is the story of a father looking for answers to understand why his son tried to leave home to join a terrorist organization in a foreign country, and journeys with them to find a way back, after breaking each other's hearts. Through his eyes, the film explores the struggles of Muslim American youths growing up in contemporary America.