Ep 60 - Hollywood visual FX, comic books and (the lack of) diversity

On this week's episode of TMV Podcast, Salim talks to Farhan Qureshi, an engineer turned VFX artist turned comic book author. Having worked on projects like Alien Vs Predator, Harry Potter, and Batman Begins to name a few, Farhan discusses his experience in the film industry, and quite particularly, his experience as a Muslim in the industry. They also talk about his journey between careers that's landed him as an author, and his most recent project Digitopia, an action-adventure comic touching on fake news, media double standards, and demonisation.  

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To fund Digitopia on Kickstarter  visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/farhanq/digitopia-1-displaced-dreams-the-paperback-comic, 

To listen to our podcast on representation of Muslims on screen (Ep 49) visit https://anchor.fm/themuslimvibe/episodes/Ep-49---The-Riz-Test-Challenging-how-Muslims-are-portrayed-on-screen-e3f4ge, 

To read about the study conducted on UK media contributing to Islamophobia, visit https://themuslimvibe.com/muslim-current-affairs-news/new-study-shows-uk-media-contributing-to-islamophobia-in-the-country, 

To purchase Farhan's book 'Visual Effects and Computer Graphics Survival Guide' visit https://www.amazon.co.uk/VFX-Survival-Guide-Producers-Filmmakers/dp/1484021541 (the kindle version is free), 

And to support us here at The Muslim Vibe,  visit www.themuslimvibe.com/support.

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