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By Anslem Samuel | Published February 9, 2011 | Full size is 500 × 310 pixels

Basir with actor Evan Ross and producer Dana Offenbach between takes (Press) DON’T BE AFRAID TO START FROM SCRATCH: Basir was actually working on another project before Mooz-Lum that never got off the ground. Rather than get discouraged by the experience, he switched gears and started work on a new script. “There was another movie before this that never got made,” he reveals. “It was a heartbreaking experience and I didn’t raise anything for it but I accepted that it just wasn’t that movie’s time.”

Basir with actor Evan Ross and producer Dana Offenbach between takes (Press) DON’T…