A LOCAL filmmaker and producer has announced the production of her first independent feature film based in Bradford, which hopes to revel in the same success as Bend it Like Beckham and East is East.
The film Tell Me About It (TMAI) is set in Bradford and hopes to campaign for misrepresented GenZ South Asians across the UK.
The trailer for the film has been released on Youtube with a world premiere next year.
Exploring identity and community in an immigrant family, the story follows a segregated family with limited horizons facing a low point in their lives.
The story centres on two British Pakistani teenagers Amara and Halima who plot a fun, girly adventure from Bradford to London, but their circumstances take a dire turn. Amara is kidnapped in a case of mistaken identity with Halima; the daughter of an acclaimed politician whose future plans to tackle drug crime in the city will challenge the top goon in town.
During this drastic and confusing coincidence, both Amara and the kidnapper are about to find themselves in inexplicable situations, confronting their own unconscious demons which reflects the heart of this drama.
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With the intention of moving away from simple box ticking the characters in the film are presented as multidimensional people with unique and unconventional relationships with each other.
The film seeks to provide a true presentation of British Asian filmmaking, culture, and identity.
TMAI was created by producer and writer Suman Hanif (Plates, True Colours, What Next?) and stars Asad Shan (Welcome to London, the most successful British made Hindi language film in the UK, Ariya Larker (Binny & Baba, Larna) joins influencer and BBC Radio Leeds presenter Ahmed Sher Zaman as the lead cast.
With a commitment to working with talent from different backgrounds, most of the cast and crew are based across the North of England, including Leeds and Bradford, with Asad based in London.
Suman Hanif, filmmaker, writer, and producer, says: “In a time of heightened discrimination, and systemic and political exclusion of people without a ‘mainstream’ profile, it is pivotal to tell stories like this.
“There is nothing worse than feeling invisible and Tell Me About It is a film for the invisible audience, anyone experiencing an identity crisis or who would ‘prefer not to say’ when asked about themselves.
“We have talked about collective diversity, what we really need right now is a conversation about embracing diversity of individuals.
“Tell Me About It looks to humanise the British Muslim community.
“It's been so long since our screens were graced with something like East is East and Bend it like Beckham that were appreciated by audiences for finding humour and hope within the serious social issues explored such as the themes of race, immigration, and identity.”
The film will premiere on January 31, 2023 at the National Science and Media Museum.
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