A son's sacrifice

At first glance, Imran Uddin is just another 27- year-old New Yorker struggling to take over his family’s business— a “pick-your-own” slaughterhouse. The son of an immigrant, Imran must confront his mixed Bangladeshi-Puerto Rican heritage and gain acceptance from his father’s conservative Muslim community. On one of Islam’s holiest days, Eid-al-Adha, also known as Qurban, Imran must lead a sacrifice that will define him as a Muslim, as an American and as a son. The event draws hundreds of families to the Uddins’ slaughterhouse in Queens. This becomes the stage for the unfolding of a human drama in which Imran’s myriad identity is measured against notions of the perfect Muslim/ son/ man.