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Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Director: Jennifer Reeder Run Time: 80 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2017

Starring: Fawzia Mirza, Sari Sanchez |, Shabana Azmi

Zaynab is a Pakistani, Muslim lawyer living in Chicago who begins a new romance with Alma, a vivacious Mexican-American woman. Zaynab’s recently widowed mother has moved in, spending her days watching Pakistani TV dramas while searching for a potential husband for her only daughter. Alma’s mother is a former professional Luchadora, which Zaynab finds fascinating as she’s recently taken up lucha-style wrestling. Zaynab tries to keep her love life from her mother, who knows more than she lets on.

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