Review: The Queen of My Dreams Explores Queer Pakistani Themes

Review: The Queen of My Dreams Explores Queer Pakistani Themes

My third indie movie review with Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) characters (watching the fourth now) was a little disappointing. The story focuses on a mother-daughter relationship between Pakistani-Canadian Azra, a young queer filmmaker, and her traditional Pakistani mother, Mariam. Azra's father and Mariam's husband dies at the beginning of the film.

DIASPORA DISPATCH: 'Queen of My Dreams' is King!, 'King of Drag' is Queen!, THR Has Another Asian Oopsie!

This article was originally published and sent directly to subscribers of the DIASPORA NEWSLETTER. Read and subscribe here! All Hail Queen of My Dreams! On June 20, director and writer Fawzia Mirza’s feature film Queen of My Dreams premiered stateside after having quite an interesting journey. The pastel-hued queer Muslim dramedy set in 1999 combines elements of Bollywood and Western storytelling to tell the story follows Azra (Amrit Kaur) as s…