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Tweetable Logline: A gay son reconciles with his fundamentalist Muslim father in #abufilm.
Production Team:
Director/Producer Arshad Khan (Threadbare, Doggoned, Zen)
Cinematographers: Arshad Khan, Bob Gundu (Siddharth), Justin Black
Editors: Etienne Gagnon (H2Oil, Fennario: The Good Fight, )
Animation: Davide Di Saro
About the Film: My father fell ill on a trip to Pakistan. I confronted some of my childhood sexual abusers at the same time. The questions of sexuality, spirituality and now mortality went through my head as I stayed up nights taking care of my father. I wondered how my joyous, cosmopolitain father turned into a religious fanatic and he wondered how his obedient, sweet son turned into a vociferous, confident, faggot. We were at war most of my life and I want the audience to follow me on my journey of discovery of a father and son’s relationship.
Current Status: This deeply personal project is piecing together like a mosaic. I am concurrently raising funding, paper editing and working with an animator.
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