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Briana Bhola

Amel Khalil

53, New Interview by Briana Bhola

Amel Khalil Briana Bhola

Amel Khalil is a Palestinian American actor, writer, and communications strategist whose work bridges storytelling, systems change, and community healing. She co-hosts It’s Okay Habibi, a podcast exploring Arab identity, grief, and cultural pressure, and is …

Naz Riahi

49, Interview by Briana Bhola

Naz Riahi Briana Bhola

Naz Riahi (she/her) is a director and writer. Much of her work explores the spaces, emotions and opportunities of otherness and isolation, informed by her experiences as an immigrant from Iran.

She was named one of …

Mollye Asher

46, Interview by Briana Bhola

Mollye Asher is Spirit and Gotham Award winning producer and winner of the 2020 Producers Award from the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Most recently, she produced the Golden Globe winning film, Nomadland, (Searchlight Pictures) which premiered at Venice (Golden Lion), TIFF (People’s Choice), Telluride, and NYFF. It also recently won the Audience award and Best Feature at the Gotham Awards. The film stars Frances McDormand and is Mollye’s third collaboration with writer/ director, Chloé Zhao.

The Office of Historical Corrections

Book Review by Briana Bhola

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans. Penguin Random House, 2020. $27.00, 269 pages. 

“It was the winter after the most depressing election of my adult life, a low point for my faith in the polis, and I had …