{"id":2091228,"date":"2025-10-14T20:50:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2091228"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:50:46","slug":"ish-filmmakers-on-turning-real-life-trauma-into-a-lyrical-debut-about-racial-injustice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ish-filmmakers-on-turning-real-life-trauma-into-a-lyrical-debut-about-racial-injustice\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ish\u2019 Filmmakers on Turning Real-Life Trauma Into a Lyrical Debut About Racial Injustice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">A racially profiled police stop-and-search sets two best friends on a collision course in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4817199\/\">Imran Perretta<\/a>\u2019s debut feature film <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt33046039\/\">Ish<\/a>, which he co-wrote with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0909629\/\">Enda Walsh<\/a> (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9362736\/\">Die My Love<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0986233\/\">Hunger<\/a>) and developed with producer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3090208\/\">Dhiraj Mahey<\/a> through their company <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0245351\/\">Primal Pictures<\/a> with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0103694\/\">BBC Film<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film, which won the audience award at the Venice Critics\u2019 Week, stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm17182388\/\">Farhan Hasnat<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm17182389\/\">Yahya Kitana<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0080438\/\">Sudha Bhuchar<\/a> and tells the story of Ish and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm15221310\/\">Maram<\/a>, two barely teenagers who \u201cendure police harassment and its seismic repercussions,\u201d according to a note on the website for the 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) where it will be screening on Wednesday. \u201cNaturalistic performances, an atypical score (also composed by multi-disciplinary artist Perretta) and lyrical, monochrome images make this a standout British film, which stands up for characters who are too often marginalized \u2014 both onscreen and off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Writer-director Perretta, producer Mahey and co-writer&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A racially profiled police stop-and-search sets two best friends on a collision course in Imran Perretta\u2019s debut feature film Ish, which he co-wrote with Enda Walsh (Die My Love, Hunger) and developed with producer Dhiraj Mahey through their company Primal Pictures with BBC Film. 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