Dearborn, Michigan

In the last 12 months the city of Dearborn, MI has been thrown into conflict. A conflict about fear, ideology and identity politics –which has at its heart the central question of what it means to be an American today. Home to the largest mosque in North America, it is a place of apparent contradictions: simultaneously a sleepy affluent suburb and the subject of rumours around ISIS terror cells and sharia law. This film takes us into the lives of five very different citizens who have been caught in the crossfire, from Muslims to Christians, citizen militias and young university graduates. For all, their American identity is paramount. As they grapple with questions of religion, race and class, do these separate communities have more in common than they realise? Key credits Directors: Katharine Round and Ben Steele Editor: Caterina Monzani Executive producers for the Guardian: Charlie Phillips and Lindsay Poulton Commissioned by the Guardian and the Filmmaker Fund Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Sign up to our documentaries newsletter ► http://ift.tt/2feoDdN Become a Guardian supporter ► http://bit.ly/GDNmembers The Guardian ► http://ift.tt/1AFLGzy Guardian documentaries ► http://ift.tt/2pb1Thh Suggested videos: Erica: Man Made ► http://bit.ly/EricaManMade Battle for Mosul ► http://bit.ly/MosulDoc Radical Brownies ► http://bit.ly/RadicalBrowniesFilm Desert Fire ► http://bit.ly/DesertFire 6x9: experience solitary confinement ► http://bit.ly/6x9gdn Gun Nation ► http://bit.ly/GunNationDoc We Walk Together ► http://bit.ly/WeWalkTogetherFilm The last job on Earth ► http://bit.ly/LastJobOnEarth Patrick Stewart: the ECHR and us ► http://bit.ly/PatrickStewartS Guardian playlists: Guardian Bertha Documentaries ► http://bit.ly/GuardianBertha In my opinion ► http://bit.ly/InMyOpinion Owen Jones meets ► http://bit.ly/CorbynJones US elections 2016 ► http://bit.ly/elections2016gdn Guardian Animations & Explanations ►http://is.gd/explainers Guardian Investigations ► http://ift.tt/16bR6qK The Guardian's YouTube channels: Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Science and Tech ► http://ift.tt/16bR3Ly Guardian Culture ► http://ift.tt/16bR6H2 Guardian Wires ► http://ift.tt/1J9JUwL