Fawzia Mirza:
Noor & Layla is about reclaiming rituals and is inspired by my quest to connect my Muslim and South Asian realities with my queer identity. It s inspired by moments I shared with my wife, Andria Wilson Mirza, sheltering in place in Toronto during the month of Ramadan in 2020. We d gotten married in a very private, small, wedding on February 2, 2020, just before the pandemic hit (incidentally, married and witnessed by our executive producers Chani Nicholas and Sonya Passi). And so our first Ramadan together as wives was isolated and away from community. But during that time, we shared many rituals together, Ramadan rituals and also marriage rituals that we didn t get to have at our wedding. It reminded me the importance of celebrating our love and triumphs in ways that matter to us, regardless of what our families or communities may think. It got me thinking, how can we as queer people reclaim rituals from our faith and culture and family, and create our own tradition
Fawzia Mirza on Noor & Layla, a Film Celebrating Queer Muslim Love
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L.A. County Issues Updated Guidelines for Filming - Film News in Brief
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L.A. County Public Health Issues Updates Guidelines for Filming
As Los Angeles County continues to see COVID-19 case rates, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to decline and the county enters the Orange Tier of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy framework, new protocols have been issued to lift some local activity-specific restrictions.
With craft services and dining, indoor dining is now allowed at 50% capacity (maximum 200 people), but outdoor dining is still strongly recommended and single serving meals are still required. With sit-down meals, the guidelines suggest “Dining must occur only in designated dining areas. It is recommended to have cast and crew eating in shifts with fewer people. Seating for sit-down meals must be large enough to allow for physical distancing of at least six (6) feet between persons eating and should be done outdoors