Written and Directed by

Imran Siddiquee

Produced by

Tshay Williams

Director of Photography

Nausheen Dadabhoy

Starring

Samiha Mehnazz Ahmed

Iman Carter

Sita Sarkar

Executive Producer — Ben O'Keefe

Executive Producer — Maori Karmael Holmes

Executive Producer — Selena Leoni

Executive Producer — Adam Wescott

Executive Producer — Nick Phillips

Executive Producer — McKenna Marshall

Executive Producer — Nawshaba Siddiquee

Production Designer — Alexis Thompson

Editor — Imran Siddiquee

Editor — Julian Turner

Costume Designer — Marcus Branch

Composer — Yusuf Siddiquee

Casting Director — Nafisa Kaptownwala

Colorist — Natacha Ikoli

First Assistant Director — Aayushi Shah

Second Assistant Director — Cami Olses

Hair & Make-Up Artist — Bianca McFadden

Paz — Tanya Dios

Jimmy — Avinash Wadhwani

Melanie — Alexa Kent 

Dadi’s Hands — Amtul Habiz 

Voice of Ammu — Nazmun Siddiquee

Additional Voices of M — Mena Sachdev, Imran Siddiquee

Gaffer — Ja'rel Ivory

Key Grip — Cloud Askew

Swing Grip+Electric — Cole Askew

Best Person Electrician — Mo McConnell

Script Supervisor — Sydney Rodriguez

First AC — Kayla Watkins

Second AC — Nazir Alston

Digital Imaging Technicians — Solange Tran, Kayla Watkins

Steadicam Operator — Arnold Lawrence

Lead Sound Recordist — Leslie Train

Additional Sound Recordist — Elliott Cuff

Sound Designer — Mena Sachdev

Sound Mixer — Alicia Qian

Associate Producer — Sabrina Mutukisna

Associate Producer — Shameika Allison Chan

Casting Assistants — Natalie Lin, Sara Lee

Production Assistant — Wi-Moto Nyoka

Production Assistant — Cobbina Fremong

Production Assistant — Nile Shareef-Trudeau

Production Assistant — Katy Bagli

Production Assistant — Mattie Speed

Props Assistant — Nicole Pollard

Props Assistant — Mary Alice Patsalosavvis

Set Construction Assistant — Austin White

Visual Effects — Ivy Liao

Background Actors — Marcus Branch, Nile Shareef-Trudeau, Sydney Rodriguez, Tshay Williams

Special Thanks

Olu Okiemute (M’s Photography)
jean-jacques gabriel
Green House Grocery
Rashid Zakat
BlackStar Projects
In Search Of Agency
David Evan McDowell
All Ages Productions
Ted Passon
Expressway Cinema
Draulhaus
Nabilah Siddiquee
Miki Poy
Nuala Cabral
Melissa Fabello
Michelle Wetzler
Caroline Strange
Nicole Young
Tre Johnson
Nabta Idries
Max Hoening
Nisat Begum
Baker Siddiquee
Farrah Rahaman
Amber Espinosa-Jones

Seed&Spark Supporters

Autumn F. Valdez
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Amy Zucchero
Ancil George
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Leo Brooks
Caroline Strange
Christine Nangle
Darrelle Williams
Denise Beek
Emily Best
Erin Yamaoka
Farrah Rahaman
Gabrielle Patterson
Helen Lee
Irit Reinheimer
Islam Sharif
Jacky Arellano Hammond
Janice Haro

Jeff V. Tibayan
Jennifer L Gross
Jess Garz
Jumana Musa
Kai Kornegay
Katherine Thomas
Kimberly Brundidge
Lauren Holland
Lauren Hunter
Lupita Rodriguez
Maori Karmael Holmes
Marcos Wright-Kuhns
Mariam Dembele
Matthew Cherry
Max Velasco Knott
Medha Ghosh
Melissa A. Fabello
Michelle Wetzler
Miki Poy
Nabilah Siddiquee
Nausheen Dadabhoy
Nawshaba Siddiquee
Nehad Khader
Nicole Young
Nikki Harmon

Noura Erakat
Omolola Ajao
Patrice Worthy
Patrick Walwer
Raathai Molian
Rashid Zakat
Roni Henderson
Rupa Rihan
Ryan Dillon
Samuel Moll
Sana Khan
Sara Zia Ebrahimi
Sheena Sood
Sheila Holmes
Sita Sarkar
Siyona Ravi
Stacy Suh
Sunanda Ghosh
Taylor Brown
The Brinkman Family
Todd Pierce
Vanessa Wells
Victoria Ford
Yusuf Siddiquee
Zenobia Rasbury

Music

“Ei Raat Tomar Amar”
written & performed by
Hemanta Mukherjee

original music
written and performed by
Yusuf Siddiquee

in association with
 
Creator+

major support for this film was provided by

Independence Public Media Foundation

additional support provided by

Sundance Institute
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Scribe Video Center
PANO