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Full Record for Film No. 225


Title:What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?
Director 1:Gurinder Chadha
Country:UK
Year:1994
length:19 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:short film, documentary
Screenwriter:
Cinematographer:Jan Torvey
Editor:Guy Savin
Producer:Gurinder Chadha
Production company:Umbi Films
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:109
Synopsis:Portrait of four Asian women (Parminder Chadha, Shobna Gulati, Syreeta Kumar, Nina Wadia) who are stand-up comedy performers. They present their cutting-edge views of growing up and living as Asian women in Britain on stage and in interviews conducted by the filmmaker.
Keyword 1:Asian
Keyword 2:women
Keyword 3:gender
Keyword 4:generation
Keyword 5:family
Keyword 6:youth
Keyword 7:mother-daughter relationship
Keyword 8:second generation
Keyword 9:stereotype
Keyword 10:humour

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