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
Alexander H Rafi
Alexis Artis
Amy Zucchero
Ancil George
Angbeen Saleem
Anna Johnson
Ashley Moja
Austin
Bilal Motley
Brendan Morrissey
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