''Yasmin'' is a 2004
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by Kenneth Glenaan, written by Simon Beaufoy and starring
Archie Panjabi
Archana Panjabi (born 31 May 1972) is a British actress. She has had various roles in both UK and US television including as Maya Roy in ''Life on Mars'' (2006–07), Nas Kamal in NBC crime drama '' Blindspot'' (2016–17, 2020), Kendra Malle ...
and
Renu Setna
Renu Setna is a British actor. His roles on television include the shopkeeper Mr. Kittel in ''In Sickness and in Health''. and Only Fools and Horses as Mr. Ram
Career
Setna began his acting career after winning a scholarship to RADA in 1960. ...
. It is set amongst a
British Pakistani
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community in parts of
Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish
in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...
(in
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
,
England
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) before and after the events of the
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ...
.
Premise
Yasmin is a young Muslim woman living in Britain. After Yasmin's husband is arrested on suspected terror charges following the September 11th attacks, she campaigns for his release from a holding center.
Cast
*Archie Panjabi
*Renu Setna
*Steve Jackson
*Syed Ahmed
*Shahid Ahmed
*Badi Uzzaman
*Amar Hussain
*Joanna Booth
*Emma Ashton
*Rae Kelly
*Amir Farshad Ebrahimi
See also
*
List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks
This list of cultural references to the September 11 attacks and to the post-9/11 socio political climate, includes works of art, music, books, poetry, comics, theater, film, and television.
Art and design
*''A Garden Stepping into the Sky'' ...
References
External links
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New Jersey Independent South Asian Cinefest brings movies from around the globe to Edison
2004 films
Films based on the September 11 attacks
British drama films
British Pakistani films
2000s English-language films
Films set in Yorkshire
2004 drama films
Films with screenplays by Simon Beaufoy
German drama films
English-language German films
2000s Punjabi-language films
2000s British films
2000s German films
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