Karim Ahmad

@thatkarimahmad.bsky.social

Filmmaker, writer of comics, culture strategist, parent, Muslim, founder of Utopia Studio, Creator @FuturestatesTV https://linktr.ee/thatkarimahmad

Please call your reps & urge all House & Senate members to co-sponsor & support The Justice for Hind Rajab Act & publicly call for a clear, credible, & transparent U.S. investigation into the killing of Hind Rajab, her family, & the medical personnel who attempted to rescue her.

U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Hind Rajab Accountability Bill (Exclusive)

The Justice for Hind Rajab act, introduced by Senator Peter Welch and Representative Sara Jacobs, demands a U.S. investigation into the killing of the 5-year-old Palestinian girl whose story inspired ...

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Just wrote a piece on Substack that's really special to me. It’s about my grandmother, who was the inspiration for my story in our MUSLIM FUTURES anthology. It's called "Nura of the Multiverse," and it’s essentially about finding purpose at any age in life.

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Sometimes the most aspirational thing about the future can be how it makes us feel when the world chooses to value us the way we deserve. For example, what if American society decided to value Black maternal health on a systemic level?

I had such a fun chat with Randa Jarrar about their story in our MUSLIM FUTURES anthology, "Lunch at the Penal Colony." We answered the important questions like, "in a liberatory future, who’s gonna literally dismantle the prisons?"

I’m so grateful to all the Academy voters that uplifted our film and Hind’s voice by nominating THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB for Best International Feature. Deeply honored to be a part of this necessary film by the visionary @kaoutherbenhania

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The Voice of Hind Rajab, written & directed by the visionary Kaouther Ben Hania, & telling the vital & heartbreaking story of Hind and her family, is opening in select theaters December 17. Utopia Studio is so grateful to support this incredibly necessary story and to support its call for justice.

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After a lil break, the Utopia Studio substack is back w/ another piece in our series on curatorial justice, from the report I published last year, sadly even more relevant today, w/ so many institutions in our industry caving to fascism. Give it a read! 🤎 theutopiastudio.substack.com/p/film-festi...

“Film festivals are traumatic. How can we make them a place of healing?"

And other meditations on curatorial justice from our contributors

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No words can truly describe last night’s Venice premiere of the Voice of Hind Rajab. To collectively re-live the trauma and horror of Hind’s story with a packed audience followed by chants of Free Palestine and a 24 min standing ovation at one of the most important festival platforms in the world.

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New post is live at TheUtopiaStudio [dot] Substack [dot] com I promised I'd share my origin story early in this journey, so here it is! Naturally, there's heavy reference to X-Men comics. I mean, I did just get back from #SDCC, so it was inevitable. Enjoy! And share/subscribe, if you dig! ❤️❤️❤️

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