EXCLUSIVE: Canadian sales company APL Film has acquired international sales rights for Canadian-British writer and director Shamim Sarif’s drama Polarized, a love story between two women separated …
Canadian sales company APL Film has acquired international sales rights for Canadian-British writer and director Shamim Sarif’s dramaThe film will screen in the market as part of the selection of TelefilmHolly Deveaux co-stars as a white farm worker who is fired for racism and then falls in love with her Palestinian boss, played by Maxine Denis.“I like to push the boundaries of the way queer women of color are portrayed,” said Sarif.
“I was raised in a South Asian Muslim family, so these specific immigrant experiences are very familiar to us. We know first-hand the challenges and taboos that continue to exist around being queer in eastern and Muslim cultures,” she explained.Kattan produced under the banner of Enlightenment Productions with Juliette Hagopian of Juliette Inc.
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