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India Sweets and Spices (dir. Geeta Malik, 2021)

“I’ve had a blast raising social justice consciousness!” cries Alia Kapur (Sophia Ali) at the final party of her year at UCLA before she heads home to her family in New Jersey.  The trip home begins with a flurry of text messages from her mother Sheila (Manisha Koirala) – whom…

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Hva vil folk si (“What Will People Say”/dir. Iram Haq, 2017)

This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on September 4, 2019. Teenager Nisha (Maria Mozhdah) lives a double life: at home, she speaks Urdu and follows her family’s rules; outside, she speaks Norwegian, wears a snapback and hoodie, plays basketball, hangs out with other teenagers, and has a Norwegian boyfriend.…

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