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Mockumentary Taste the Revolution from writer and director Daniel Klein, starring Mahershala Ali in his first lead role, finally premiered with a 25-year delay at the New Orleans Film Festival in October. Now, it is screening at the fourth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (Rsiff).

And Klein was on hand for a brief Q&a after the movie’s first screening at the fest in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sharing some insight into the long journey of the project that also sees Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World franchise) appearing in several small roles and serving as an executive producer. Ali plays a revolutionary leader called Mac Laslow who heads up a summit of young adults looking to change the world and blow off some steam. The story is told through the lens of two filmmakers documenting the summit with their cameras.

Taste the Revolution, Klein’s feature directorial debut,...

Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali’s film debut is finally getting released almost 25 years after being shelved.

Ali plays a fictional, egotistical revolutionary leader who compares himself to Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Moses in “Taste the Revolution,” a political satire mockumentary written and directed by Dan Klein.

The long lost film follows two aspiring filmmakers as they chronicle the story of a charismatic revolutionary, Mac Laslow (Ali), and the group of disillusioned college students drawn together one summer to change the world. But, per the official synopsis, “without a unifying direction or clear goals, the movement descends into chaos.”

Alexander Bilu, Jeremy Dubin, Jen Nails, and Jeremy Beiler co-star alongside Ali, who also executive produces.

Ali isn’t the only Hollywood star who got his start with “Revolution”: Colin Trevorrow co-wrote the script, co-stars, and also executive produces.

So why was “Revolution” shelved back in 2001? Well, according to director Klein,...

Mahershala Ali’s first starring film role is finally making its way to the public after being in limbo for nearly 25 years.

Ali plays a revolutionary leader in writer-director Dan Klein’s mockumentary feature Taste the Revolution, with rights currently available for the film. Colin Trevorrow serves as executive producer and plays a small role in the project that is set to premiere at the New Orleans Film Festival on Oct. 19.

Taste the Revolution wrapped filming in 2001 but was shelved following the events of 9/11, with the footage recently being unearthed and edited into the movie that it was intended to become. The story centers on two filmmakers rolling cameras as revolutionary Mac Laslow (Ali) heads up a World Summit that draws an array of young adults looking to change the world and also blow off some steam.

“Every major movement has had a leader,” Ali says in the trailer. “Martin Luther King,...

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