#15 Aizzah Fatima Talks Americanish Film and Muslim Girls: DTF

Allison Interviews

Catch up with Allison Kugel on YouTube, Instagram, and at www.allisoninterviews.com Aizzah Fatima is an award-winning writer, actor, comedian, and producer. She has been featured on NPR, The Guardian, Woman’s Hour (BBC), The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time Out, The New York Times, and The Huffington Post. She wrote, produced, and starred in the feature film Americanish which won the audience award at the prestigious CAAMFest, where it world premiered as the closing night film in May 2021. Aizzah’s film, Americanish, also won the Grand Jury Prize at Heartland International Film Festival. As a producer she has worked with James Franco’s company Rabbit Bandini. She starred opposite Annette O’Toole in her award winning short film Stuff. Her short film Off Duty is currently airing on Alaska Airlines and on Ruku. Her TV pilot Muslim Girls DTF: Discuss Their Faith is the winner of the 2020 Roddenberry Foundation Impact Award, 2020 Yes, And...Laughter Lab, and an ISF Film award. Aizzah Fatima’s solo play Dirty Paki Lingerie has been produced in NYC, Toronto, Italy, Turkmenistan, Pakistan (four city tour U.S. State Dept.), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, United Kingdom (15 city tour), and at universities across the U.S. Visit https://www.americanishfilm.com/ and follow Aizzah Fatima at https://www.aizzahfatima.com/. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/allison-interviews/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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