The Long Goodbye

A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.

Cast

Riz Ahmed

as Riz

Hussina Raja

as Aminah

Javed Hashmi

as Dad

Sudha Bhuchar

as Mum

Rish Shah

as Karim

Ambreen Razia

as Aisha

Taru Devani

as Khadija

Reynah Rita Oppal

as Sana

Nikkita Chadha

as Brother's friend

Asmara Gabrielle

as Fatima

Reviews

CinemaSerf

A family and their friends are messing around at home when they are set upon by a gang of shotgun toting white racist thugs who have violently descended on their street. What ensues is truly abhorrent and would appear to happen with a degree of police complicity before quite a clever and intensely d...

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