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''Signature Move'' is a 2017 American
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film directed by Jennifer Reeder and co-written and produced by
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about a Pakistani
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living in
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with her mother.
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also introduced herself as a
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on
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before the film was announced. The film premiered at the 2017
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Film Festival.


Premise

Zaynab, a thirty-something
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i,
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, and
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woman living in
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, takes care of her TV-obsessed mother Parveen. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold and very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love and wrestling.


Cast

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as Zaynab *
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as Parveen * Sari Sanchez as Alma * Audrey Francis as Jayde * Charin Alvarez as Rosa * Mark Hood as Milo * Molly Brennan as Killian * Minita Gandhi as Hina * Mia Park as Bookstore Customer * The scholar Kareem Khubchandani has a cameo as a man outside on whom Parveen spies.


Production


Casting

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approached
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in
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when she was there to work in a play. She signed her to play the role in the film. The film features
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as a Muslim lesbian and
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as her mother. The cast also includes Sari Sanchez, Audrey Francis and Charin Alvarez.


Filming

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moved to
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in early August 2016. Fawzia posted a
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with Azmi on
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and announced that they have started the shooting of the film.


Awards


See also

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References


Further reading

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* * {{IMDb title, 5328952 Lesbian-related films Films about Pakistani Americans American LGBTQ-related films 2017 LGBTQ-related films 2017 films 2017 independent films American independent films American romantic comedy-drama films LGBTQ-related romantic comedy-drama films Films shot in Chicago Lucha libre films 2010s English-language films 2010s Urdu-language films 2017 multilingual films Spanish-language American films 2010s American films English-language romantic comedy-drama films English-language independent films