Posts in Film / TV / Stage
Polite Society: a high-octane action-comedy kicking down South Asian and Muslim women stereotypes

From the director and writer of smash-hit Channel 4 comedy, We Are Lady Parts, Nida Manzoor’s big screen debut Polite Society is a story about fighting the status quo, sticking it to the patriarchy, and reclaiming bodily autonomy. It’s a refreshing rebuttal to the typecast bit parts you often see South Asian women relegated to in film and TV.

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White Riot – a film by Rubika Shah

White Riot is an expertly pieced together re-telling of history by Rubika Shah (Director, Writer) and Ed Gibbs (Producer, Writer) who blend fresh interviews with jarring archive footage to recreate the hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches in the late 1970s - and the Rock Against Racism movement that inspired a generation to stand up to racism and fascism in Britain.

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