This week we explore the thrilling and often terrifying concept of taking the leap. Whether it's quitting a secure job to pursue a passion or tackling personal fears to unlock a new version of ourselves, we have lived to tell the tales! This episode has laughs and tears, unexpected twists, and triumphant moments. Our guest is actor and writer Aizzah Fatima.
Guest Bio: Aizzah Fatima is an award-winning filmmaker, actor, playwright, comedian, and ex-Google engineer. 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. Her feature film Americanish world premiered at CAAMFest in 2021. The film has won 26 awards at festivals including Best Lead Actress, Best Narrative, Best Director, several audience awards, and has been acquired by Sony International for worldwide distribution in 2023. Her award winning short films can be seen on Alaska Airlines and Ruku. Her TV pilot script 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. Muslim Girls DTF world premiered at SeriesFest 2022, and won the Best Comedy Writer award in addition to the Caz Mathews Fund award that highlights series that tackle social justice issues. She is a 2021-2022 Orchard Project Episodic Lab fellow as well as a 2022 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction from The New York Foundation for the Arts. Her 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. The Wall Street Journal says the play “Breaks down stereotypes of Muslim women in America”. She was nominated for an Outstanding Solo Performance award (NYIT 2014), a Broadway World award for Best Play, and a Manchester Theatre Award for Best Production (2016). She is the recipient of The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art grant with Brooklyn Children’s Theatre where she was part of a team that created the first ever children’s musicals with Muslim protagonists. She wrote the book for the musical The 10 Year Test about how Eid became a holiday in NYC public schools. Her play The Scholar was commissioned and published by the Religion & Diversity Project (Canada). She is currently recurring as Medical Examiner Annemarie Mercer on Law & Order (NBC). Other TV acting credits: New Amsterdam (NBC), Blue Bloods (CBS), High Maintenance (HBO), The Code (CBS), Mr. Robot (USA Network), The Good Wife (CBS). She received her MFA in Writing for Film & TV from Emerson College, and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. You can find her on Instagram or Twitter: @aizzahfatima
Show Notes:
Series Fest 2022 Winning Show Muslim Girls DTF (Discuss Their Faith) https://www.instagram.com/muslimgirlsdtf https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCBBkwFRlqCw7eYQGPZ2XuQ
A spoonful of sugar will help this flash mob go down: https://youtu.be/7EYAUazLI9k
Dirty Paki Lingerie - https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Paki-Lingerie-Aizzah-Fatima/dp/1312959185
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