We welcome Rocky back on the podcast to review Nida Manzoor’s Desi martial arts-comedy-epic, Polite Society! We also discuss the harrowing news out of Sudan, a new African animation anthology that includes Egypt and Egyptian creators, give our recommendations for the week, and much more!

Rocky joins us once again to discuss Nida Manzoor’s debut feature film, Polite Society. What did we love about this film and Nida’s creative vision? How did Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya do so well at conveying this vision and the Khan sisters’ love for one another? How did the action and dance sequences propel the plot? Just how outright hilarious was Polite Society? We discuss all that and more about the film, which you should go see in theaters now!

SPOILERS for Polite Society from 27:20-1:00:37

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Listen to Rocky’s review of Polite Society on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour

Read Mae’s review of Polite Society for Screenrant

Read Swara’s review of Polite Society for The Nerds of Color, and check out his interviews with Nida Manzoor, and Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya

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