Nina Manzoor’s movie tucks family drama into an action comedy with influences ranging from Rush Hour to All About Eve.
which she says is coming back early next year. Read an excerpt of that conversation below, or listen to the full episode ofin the works? I read somewhere that you began writing this a decade ago.
I’m so glad that it worked for you. Action has historically been very male dominated, and women have been largely excluded from that genre. Anytime you see a woman in an action film, it’s not usually the most complex portrayal, so it doesn’t feel like it’s for you. I grew up studying martial arts, loving action sequences, loving Jackie Chan movies and was really desperate to see someone like me at the heart of an action movie. It’s such a ripe ground for exploring womanhood and femininity.
Music for me is so important and so integral. There’s musicality in comedy and in action. Finding that rhythm is some of the most exciting parts of filmmaking for me. I got to collaborate with my brother [Shez Manzoor] again. He scoredwith Tom Howe, another great composer. So much of the tone comes through the music. The needle-drop moments needed music to set the tone and set the genre.
In terms of showing people of color more holistically like you do in Polite Society, do you think it’s getting better overall? Or does it still feel like some nice surprises in a landscape that’s still pretty shitty to us?
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