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Ian Iqbal Rashid

Ian Iqbal Rashid

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Biography

Born 1968, Ian Iqbal Rashid is a poet, screenwriter and filmmaker known in particular for his volumes of poetry, for the BBC TV series This Life and the feature films Touch of Pink and How She Move.

Known For

This Life
7.3

Five aspiring lawyers are aiming for the top - but behind the scenes they're a mess of love, drugs and excess.

This Life

1996
Sort Of
6.0

Fluid millennial Sabi Mehboob straddles various identities from bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore/bar, to the youngest child in a Pakistani family, to the de facto parent of a downtown hipster family. Sabi feels like they’re in transition in every aspect of their life, from gender to love to sexuality to family to career.

Sort Of

2021
Sweetness in the Belly
6.3

Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely selfless: a passionate lost love affair is revealed.

Sweetness in the Belly

2019
Touch of Pink
6.1

Alim is a gay man living in London to escape the domineering eye of his conservative Muslim mother, Nuru, back in Canada. Alim keeps his homosexuality secret from his mother, so when she comes for a surprise visit, he and his boyfriend, Giles, must put on a straight facade to hide the truth.

Touch of Pink

2004
How She Move
4.7

After the death of Raya Green's sister, she gets out from her classes at school, and sees a stomp crew practicing. She meets Bishop which is the dance crew leader. She then meets Michelle and does a stomp battle with her. They become enemies then friends later on. Her uptight mom pushes her to pass the test to get into Medical school, but she thinks she failed....

How She Move

2008
Surviving Sabu
5.1

The difficult relationship between a young gay South Asian man and his father, refracted through images of the late film star Sabu of Jungle Book and Elephant Boy.

Surviving Sabu

1998
Bolo! Bolo!
4.5

The response of diasporic South Asian communities to the AIDS crisis is documented through interviews, information and a weaving of images. At the core of the videotape are the testimonials of artists and activists... gay, lesbian and straight; to the barriers and successes of organizing around AIDS. Photographer Sunil Gupta and professor & activist Himani Bannerji are amongst the interviewed subjects.

Bolo! Bolo!

1991