Let's Go Show with Muhammad Bilal 'How Education Was An Escape From Abuse That Lead To Film Making"

As a child, Muhammad Bilal was the victim of child abuse and a constant target of gang violence. He associated mental illness and crying with weakness so he told no one outside of his home about the abuse.
Muhammad Bilal was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 20, 1980. He began studying acting as a child at the Piven Theatre Workshop with the late Byrne Piven.
He went on to attend the highly selective drama program at Lincoln Park High School, where he wrote, directed, produced and starred in numerous full-length plays. While still in high school, he studied filmmaking at Chicago Filmmakers.
While working as a public school teacher, he continued to study filmmaking at The New York Film Academy and New York University. He, too, continued to study acting at the Anthony Abeson Studio. In 2018, after earning a second master’s degree in education and working in public education for over 17 years (as a high school teacher, instructional coach, principal and Dean of Students), Muhammad earned a Master of Fine Arts in film production at The City College of New York in 2020.
Muhammad earned his MFA in filmmaking at The City College of New York in 2020. His directing credits include SAPO and The Blue Cave, which won 15 awards and was accepted into 37 film festivals worldwide in 2021. Muhammad is now in pre-production with his next film, Perdido. His actor credits include SAPO, A Deadly Choice and Closure. He has two master's degrees in education and is the founder and creative director of Bilal World Entertainment.

His writing and directing credits include SAPO, which premiered at Indienight Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA, and The Blue Cave, which won 22 awards and was accepted into 42 film festivals worldwide in 2021. It is now airing on Short & Fresh on REVOLT TV.

Bilal has partnered with Black Men Heal to create a short film increasing public awareness about the pressing need for Black men to have greater access to mental health support and to stop their silent suffering.

This new film is called Perdido and it translates from Spanish to English as “lost”.

Perdido is a short film about a successful Black man, Amir Rashad, who reluctantly seeks therapy after suppressed memories from his childhood are triggered after he watches his best friend be shot by police. What immediately ensues are flashbacks and nightmares that force Amir to re-experience traumatic memories from his past.

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