The Director's Cut Podcast with Islah

Islah Abdur-Rahman
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The experiences of ethnic creatives within the Entertainment industry - struggles, highlights & funny stories!

  1. 03/09/2022

    "Diversity Folded Into #Disney In An Authentic Way" | (ft. Sandra Oh & Rosalie Chiang)

    I caught up with Disney PIXAR's 'Turning Red' stars Sandra Oh & Rosalie Chiang about Asian parents, growing up with Disney & representation in the new movie!  Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda! Directed by Academy Award® winner Domee Shi (Pixar short “Bao”) and produced by Lindsey Collins “Turning Red launches exclusively on Disney+ on March 11, 2022.

    5 min

  2. 03/03/2022

    Nominated For a BAFTA | (ft. Adeel Akhtar)

    You may remember him from 'Four Lions' but now he's back in BAFTA award winning movie Ali & Ava. Mistah Islah caught up with the talented actor about his nomination alongside big names like Will Smith, Leonardo Dicaprio, Mahershala Ali and flying the South Asian / Muslim flag in the industry!

    11 min

  3. 12/10/2021

    "You Can't Take The Colour, Without The Culture" | (ft. Lexa Doig)

    The famous AI from 'Andromeda' or more recently Talia Al-Ghul (aka Batman's baby momma) from the hit CW series 'Arrow' & Bree Wheeler in 'Chucky'...ladies and gents it's Lexa Doig! We connected through Twitter one day (I fanboy'd) and this podcast definitely solidified our frien-ternet-ship! Honestly one of the most humble, caring and insightful human being. We spoke all about acting in her early days, her thoughts on representation on-screen, using her platform to speak out against injustices, Martial Arts & stunt work and if she'd ever return to the Arrowverse again...

    55 min

  4. 09/02/2021

    "Shang-Chi Will Open More Stories in the MCU Showcasing Asians" | (ft. Fala Chen)

    Every superhero has a loving Mother (apart from Shazam! in the DCEU) and this right here is award winning actress Fala Chen, she sat down with me to talk all things Marvel, Represent-Asian, Tai Chi & blushing around Tony Leung!

    10 min

  5. 08/31/2021

    "It's important for every community to be represented" | (ft. Simu Liu)

    I managed to catch up with the new Marvel legend himself, Simu Liu, about the brand new 'Marvel Studios Shang-Chi and the Legend of The Ten Rings'! We talked about the MCU, teaming up with Spider-Man, Martial Arts & Chinese representation in the movie!

    7 min

  6. 08/13/2021

    "I Had £150 Left in my Bank" | (ft. Smash Bengali)

    Channel 4's 'The Circle' finalist, YouTube comedian & all round loving human being Hashu aka Smash Bengali sits down with me to talk about chasing a dream outside the norm of Bengali culture, how difficult the grind can be, family pressures and support, sharks in the industry & how The Circle changed his life!

    54 min

  7. 04/25/2021

    "Progress Doesn't Come by Waiting Around For It" | (ft. Riz Ahmed)

    Oscar nominee & star of 'Venom', 'Star Wars: Rogue One', 'Four Lions' & most recently 'Sound of Metal' - Riz Ahmed - talks about representation, breaking through in the industry and being the 1st British South-Asian Muslim to be nominated for an Oscar! A very motivational episode for ethnic creatives out there!

    7 min

  8. 02/09/2021

    "Pushing South Asians Mainstream" | (ft. Priyanka Chopra Jonas)

    Bismillah it's Mistah Islah with a SPECIAL episode as I speak to the multi-award winning star of over 60 Bollywood and Hollywood movies, Winner of Miss World 2000 - Priyanka Chopra Jonas! About her new book 'Unfinished: A Memoir', filming in London during lockdown and pushing the Indian Community into the mainstream with her new movie 'White Tiger' on Netflix!

    12 min
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