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Mogul Mowgli

Directed by: Bassam Tariq | 2021 | 1h 30m | Unrated

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1130 Washington Ave, Miami Beach (786) 471-3269

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MOGUL MOWGLI is the debut narrative feature from award-winning documentary filmmaker Bassam Tariq. It follows the story of a British Pakistani rapper (Riz Ahmed) who, on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by an illness that forces him to face his past, his family, and the uncertainty of his legacy.

On the brink of his first international tour, Zed, a British Pakistani rapper, decides to fly home to the UK to visit the family he has not seen in two years. In the midst of trying to reconnect with his parents and rummaging through cassettes of Qawwali music, he is suddenly struck down by an autoimmune disease. As his condition worsens and his big breakthrough moment is in danger of vanishing into thin air, Zed descends into a physical and emotional crisis, amplified by vivid hallucinations. Long-buried childhood memories resurface with a vengeance, mingling with his father’s memories of fleeing India during Partition and confronting Zed with his repressed cultural heritage.

Giving centre stage to incendiary rap lyrics and a striking central performance by actor Riz Ahmed, a rapper himself, Tariq’s debut feature film is a disquieting and electrifying exploration of male malady, family frictions, social mobility and transnational citizenship.

ALL 7:00PM SCREENINGS OF MOGUL MOWGLI WILL BE PRECEDED BY A SHORT FILM THAT WILL START AT 6:45pm*

* Tuesday, Sept. 14th screening starts at 9:00pm
* Wednesday, Sept. 15th screening starts at 4:45pm

THE WOMAN UNDER THE TREE

Directed by: Karishma Kohli | 2021 | 15 mins | Unrated

 

“With the director of photography (Annika Summerson) and the sound designer (Paul Davies), Tariq stitches domestic drama, satire and magical realism into a tissue of moods and meanings, held together by the shattering credibility of Ahmed’s performance.”
– NEW YORK TIMES

“[Riz Ahmed] plays a similar role in the Oscar-nominated “Sound of Metal” – but “Mogul Mowgli” is a wildly different beast, thanks to both its raw aesthetic approach, and its surreal, occasionally hilarious magnification of diaspora anxieties.”
– INDIEWIRE

“Ahmed is at his best in Zed’s darkest hour, as he struggles to hold it together in a hospital cubicle. It’s blistering stuff.”
– TIME OUT

“The film’s poignancy derives from its profound understanding of its main character’s identity crisis.”
– SLANT