Gr. 8-12 Mina Rahman loves film and has three goals: win the Golden Ivy student film award, get into the University of Southern California’s film school, and leave New York City. However, her traditional Bangladeshi parents constantly ridicule her dreams and insist that she stay at home for college. A glimmer of hope emerges, however, when Mina discovers Emmitt Ramos (a popular teen film star of British Chinese and Spanish descent) is doing undercover research for a role at her arts high school. Positive that Emmitt is key to winning the competition, Mina asks him to star in her short film. He agrees on one condition … [Read the full review here]
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