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Interviews

Priya Kansara: ‘I never thought that I’d be a comedic actor’

by Hannah Strong

Priya Kansara talks the epic prep required to play the lead role of a teen stunt­woman-in-the-mak­ing in Nida Man­zoor’s Polite Society.
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Interviews

Nida Manzoor: ‘As South Asian women, we don’t get to rage’

by Soma Ghosh

The writer-direc­tor behind the furi­ous, hilar­i­ous Polite Soci­ety explains how her teenage years inspired her to cre­ate a com­ing-of-age action-com­e­dy for the ages.
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Review

Polite Society

by Fatima Sheriff

Fol­low­ing the blast of sit­com joy that was We Are Lady Parts, Nida Man­zoor takes a giant leap to the big screen with an in-your-face com­e­dy about crane-kick­ing the face of tra­di­tion­al mores.

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In Retrospect
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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 98: The Polite Society issue – Out now!

by Little White Lies

Dis­cov­er our new issue ded­i­cat­ed to Nida Manzoor’s heiney-kick­ing com­e­dy about the life of an aspir­ing South Asian stuntwoman.
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Festivals

Glasgow Film Festival has lined up a cavalcade of premieres for 2023

by Charles Bramesco

Adu­ra Onashile’s debut Girl will open the fest, and Nida Man­zoor’s Polite Soci­ety will close it out.