Rita Wolf

Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting the production of his play Homebody/Kabul and running through 2004, as he worked on John Kerry's presidential campaign, got married to Mark Harris, worked with Maurice Sendak, and opened the Broadway musical Caroline, or Change.

Cuando una atractiva actriz descubre que el único trabajo que puede conseguir es el de sexo-telefonista decide sacar el mayor provecho de ello y pronto se convierte en la chica más popular de la ciudad.

Sanjay Kak explores life with artists Rita Wolf, Parv Bancil, and Faruk and Harun Shamser of Joi Bangla Crew as they struggle for a place in the sun. Three decades after South Asians first came to Britain in the 1960s, this compelling film follows a new generation of young creatives, and examines the endless rehearsals that go into the construction of identity.

Historia futurista en la que un funcionario del gobierno y su compañera persiguen a un fugitivo para darle caza. Desgraciadamente para la pareja, el fugitivo es secuestrado por un explorador inconformista que busca el rescate. Los funcionarios deciden endurecer la captura, persiguiendo a ambos individuos, hasta la cantera que sirve de refugio a sus raptores. La cosa se pone peligrosa cuando el aventurero y su cautivo entran en el “slipstream”, un viento muy peligroso que asola la Tierra.

Saleem, an elderly psychiatric patient, is partially paralysed and unable or unwilling to speak. When Kamala, a new student nurse, arrives, he begins to respond, encouraged by her gentle reassurance, and their common cultural identity.

Omar, un joven inglés de origen paquistaní, empieza a dirigir la lavandería de su tío con la ayuda de Johnny, un antiguo compañero de clase, el típico hooligan inglés que no quiere trabajar y se dedica a amenazar a los inmigrantes. Además de dirigir la lavandería, Omar y Johnny reanudan la amistad que los unía cuando eran estudiantes. Su relación de amantes profundamente enamorados escandaliza a sus respectivas familias.

Cultural identity, women’s independence and the pressure to conform to British norms are the subjects of this bold and acute feature, which explores both British-Asian experience and the plight of recent immigrants. Rita Wolf (My Beautiful Laundrette), plays Majdhar, a Pakistani woman who transforms herself in London after her husband leaves her for another woman. While Majdhar feels her way towards confident self-determination, husband Afzal is torn between his heritage and his Western aspirations.

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.