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New York Shorts

How Can It Be?

9m 33s

Directed by Mira Nair • 2008 • France
Starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, Birsa Chatterjee

One of eight shorts commissioned by the United Nations on themes concerning global society, this film explores gender equality. It’s the story of Zainab and Arif, who live with their son, Munna, in Brooklyn. Zainab makes the complicated decision to leaver her protected life and follow her heart.

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