Official Trailer for Qasim Basir’s ‘To Reside and Die and Reside’ Detroit Movie
by Alex Billington Might 6, 2025Source: Twitter
“We’re right here to dwell with every little thing you’ve got bought…” Samuel Goldwyn Movies has revealed an official trailer for To Reside and Die and Reside, a singular indie movie set in Detroit from filmmaker Qasim Basir. This initially premiered in 2023 on the Sundance Movie Pageant and can lastly be launched this 12 months – beginning in restricted theaters this month. Muhammad returns house to Detroit to bury his stepfather and is thrust into settling his accounts, however Muhammad’s struggles with despair and dependancy could end him earlier than he finishes the duty. Muhammad has returned for the funeral, however his personal battle with dependancy, which he hides from the world, drives him to right away fade away into the sultry, late-night, drug-saturated after-hours of Detroit and an equally intoxicating romantic relationship. One of the vital beautiful modern movies shot in Detroit. Starring Amin Joseph as Muhammad, with Skye P. Marshall, Omari Hardwick, Cory Hardrict, Dana Gourrier, Maryam Basir, and Samantha Basir. I noticed this at Sundance and it is excellent – an emotionally affecting, intimate, susceptible movie about rising up and discovering peace. Price a glance.
This is the official trailer (+ poster) for Qasim Basir’s movie To Reside and Die and Reside, discovered through Twitter:
Watch an unique trailer for Qasim Basir’s To Reside and Die and Reside
Solely in theaters on Might 16. pic.twitter.com/MMsT6kE2zk
— Letterboxd (@letterboxd) Might 5, 2025
“A movie impressed by struggles I’ve had within the movie enterprise, battles individuals I do know struggle day-after-day, the unbelievable tales I do know, and the individuals who have left an enduring mark. To indicate Detroit prefer it’s by no means been seen. To speak about dependancy by the eyes of black individuals, who aren’t depicted as crackheads. To say to all these struggling after these brutal years of affection and loss that we have collectively had, I needed to inform this story for you.” –Director Qasim Basir
To Reside and Die and Reside follows a movie director (starring Amin Joseph) who returns to Detroit to bury his stepfather & settle his accounts, however his struggles with dependancy & loss could end him earlier than he finishes the duty. As outdated and new relationships unfold, he’s pressured to confront the emotional and psychological toll of his previous and the darkish facet of his metropolis’s vibrant, gritty panorama. To Reside and Die and Reside is written and directed by American indie filmmaker Qasim “Q” Basir, director of the movies Mooz-Lum, Destined, A Boy. A Woman. A Dream., and He Regarded like a Postcard beforehand. It is produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Amin Joseph, Samantha Basir, Dana Offenbach, Cory Hardrict, and Omari Hardwick. This primary premiered on the 2023 Sundance Movie Pageant a couple of years in the past. Basir’s To Reside and Die and Reside in choose US theaters beginning on Might sixteenth, 2025 this summer season earlier than it is on VOD later this 12 months. Who desires to observe?
