In My Own Words: Hanif Kureishi

In My Own Words: Hanif Kureishi

2024 · 45 min · Documentary

Using a trove of archive photographs and film, Kureishi reflects on his father’s experiences as an immigrant in the post-war years, his own youth and entry into the world of theatre, the tumult around the publication of The Satanic Verses and its continued reverberations, and how he has transformed the life around him into a work of art.

Directed by Nigel Williams

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