There has been recent positive and negative attention brought to the Somali community in Minnesota.
The idea that one or more of the terrorists who attacked the shopping mall in Nairobi Kenya might be from Minneapolis led to many articles in national papers about Somalis who have left Minnesota to join the al-Shabab terrorist group. And the Somali community responded.
Now, a new Tom Hanks movie is bringing attention again to the Somali community; a more positive story of unknown local actors becoming Hollywood stars.