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THE SYED FAMILY XMAS EVE GAME NIGHT

Directed by Fawzia Mirza

Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A

All cards are on the table when a queer Pakistani Muslim woman brings her Puerto Rican partner home for the first time on the family’s annual game night.

CREDITS
Director: Fawzia Mirza
Writer: Kausar Mohammed
Producer: Amalia Mesa-Gustin, Kausar Mohammed
Executive Producer: Nitasha Sawhaney, Kulmeet Dang, X. Eyeé
Director of Photography: Patrick Ouziel
Editor: Shelley Therrien
Production Designer: Gerin Del Carmen
Cast: Kausar Mohammed (Noor) she/her, @kausartheperson Vico Ortiz (Luz), they/them, @puertoricaninja Meera Rohit Kumbhani (Soraya), she/her, @meertastic Pia Shah (Kiran), she/her, @piajuneshah D’Lo Srijaerajah (David), he/they, @dlocokid

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Dates & Times

Past

Directors Guild of America

Sun, May 8
5:00 pm