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Disney P ps series features the
first Muslim supuphero in thehe
marvel cinememic universe.
Tataing to the directorbout
bringing this character to O fe
as part of the arts S D culture
series canvas.
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-- Kamala khan.
Rvel's newest supuphero.
The series fololws a marvel
comimi obsessedeen and super
fan ofaptain marvel who
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intotohe superheroanks when
ancient family H hrloom grants
R S serpowers.
This marvelring something new
to the marvel semantic - -
cinematic C iverse.
The series is based on the first
Muslim lead chahacter and
features the cululre throughout.
With pakistata M mic, food, and
dialogue.
I spoke with H ef the
directors off the film
represenenng both hero and
heritagege
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like that.
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thth we have this beautiful,
colorful, incredibib culture..
>> A Pakistani Canadian N rst
onto T T world stage W wning an
Oscar fofoher documentary savinin
face.
She wowoagain in 2016 for a G gl
in the river about honor
killingsgs
how does a dirirtor go from
academemaward-winning
documentaries to livivaction for
ro teen series?
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women who are extraordinary,
creaeang change in their
communities.
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health, ororducation.
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I would think about whahashe
would D an to millions of peopop
around thehe woror that would seeee
a reflectiononf themselves.
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in as the kind of logigi but I
have alwayaypictured.
>> The heartrtf the show is the
tress.
>> I hope that the show caca do
for peoplplwhat the comics did
for me.
>> She is actually Kamala khan.
She grewewp as a first
generation immigrant and she is
just this incredibib actress andnd
is so easy for that roro.
In the filming of theeeries,
she connected with hererwn
culture.e.
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papastan.
>> We often S S Pakistan through
this filter.
In my episode, she goes O O a
chase through the ststets where
yoyohave trucks and busesesnd
things happening in N E chaos of
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wawaed to bring onto the E ene.
>> That belongs S mother.
>> The one whoho disappeared?
>> There is a history lesson
embedded in the E gic.
She finds herself time traveling
to 1947artition,heivision
ofofndia andakistanhat led
to one of the E rest and
deadliest mass migrations in
world history.
Ll me why you decided to Gogo
into that?
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talk about very mucucnd it is
finitely never visualilid.
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history of theheoment.
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but ththe kinds of storiesesre
very real.
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the move.
Many people were K kled in the
move.
So T tt had to be kept aliviv
at that yoyoh is of 1947 had to
be kept aliveve
>> She is S king up space in a
world thth is long G delined and
silencnc voices like hers.
From thehenclusion initiative,
they looked at T T 200op
grossingngilms between 2017 and
2019.
9090% did not feature anyny
muslims S eaking roles.
Amononthose thaha had Muslim
characters, lessss than ororr were
womeme
the reprprentation on screen N
rooted in the team off-camera.
Like executive producer, lead
writer and their teaea.
>> I remememr walking onset and
thinkiki that what I amm
experiencingngs truly historic.
Not only is thehe representation
of people froroaround the world
who are helping to tell T T
story, but thereres also
rereesentation in terms ofofhe
mber of women in
decision-m-ming seats in the
miss marveve story.
That has B bn told with a lot of
love and a L L oflectricity.
>> That story is resonatatg.
It boasts a 98% score on roroen
tomatoes, the highest-rated
Disney plus originin series ever
and the highest-rated M mvel
seriesesn history.
The criticaca acclaim is high,
soso audiences are jususnow
catching up.
There were eaeay reports that
initial viewership laggege some
of these other big series.
And I wonder why you think K at
is.
>> We are used to seeingng
superheroes S O arehite.
We are used D seeing brown
womenmmigrant superheroeses
-- we are not useseto seeing
brown, women, immigrgrt
superherers.
I think the idea of miss marvrv
does not sit well with a lot O O
people.
But I will also say that itits
changing because as more and
more people wawah it and word
spreads, even I iit is out of
cucuosity, the naysayers are
watchihi it and there are
elements thahaare resonating
with T tm.
At the heart, its theory of
one family and D eir struggles
and their L LE and their
celebration.
Ange comes sloloy.
Ititever comes easy.
>>>> Kamalal khann has founder
place ininhe superhero worldld and
she will be in the F future film
the marvels in 2023.