Welcome director / writer Nida Manzoor to talk about martial arts training, sibling fights, support systems, and her new film Polite Society.

More about Polite Society

A merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, POLITE SOCIETY follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

More about Nida Manzoor

Nida Manzoor is a British filmmaker who wrote, directed, and created all the original music for her series We Are Lady Parts, which premiered on Peacock/Channel 4 in 2021. The series is an anarchic and irreverent musical comedy following an all-female Muslim punk band, told through the eyes of a geeky Ph.D. student who is reluctantly recruited to be their lead guitarist. The show was renewed for a second season. We Are Lady Parts has been nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award, and an Independent Spirit Award, and has won a 2022 Peabody Award and the 2022 BAFTA Award for Best Comedy Writer.

Polite Society is in theaters now.

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