Nijla Mumin

TWO BODIES

At a major life crossroads, Nadia, 26, returns to her mother’s home from New York City, with a secret (body) that her mother doesn’t want to accept, but is determined to expose.

Official Selection:
~20th Annual Pan African Film Festival 
~2012 Fusion: Los Angeles LGBT People of Color Film Festival, presented by Outfest
~30th Annual Outfest Film Festival 
~2012 Newfest at Lincoln Center (NYC)
~Women of Media Festival (NJ)
~International Black Women’s Film Festival (IBWFF)
~2012 Frameline Film Festival 
~Bangalore Queer Film Festival (India)
~Q Fest (Houston)
~Gene Siskel Film Center- Black Harvest Film Festival 2012 (Chicago)

TWO BODIES looks at the gray area between familial rejection and acceptance of sexual orientation, and the way a mother desires a daughter to uphold social codes, but not to the extent of breaking the bond of their relationship.

Starring Jessica Reed, Sabrina Hunter Morales, and Toussaint Jeanlouis