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On this episode of Represent, Aisha Harris sits down with Bollywood star Ali Fazal to discuss his new film, Victoria & Abdul, in which he stars opposite Judi Dench. And Slate staff writer Christina Cauterucci shares her “Pre-Woke Watching” story, about a little-known Disney film called The Ugly Dachshund.
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- The Ugly Dachshund
- BuzzFeed asks, “Are These Disney Movies Racist?”
- Victoria & Abdul review in the Hollywood Reporter
- Ali Fazal tells the Telegraph India what made him start acting
- Masaan, the film that won prestigious awards at the Cannes Film Festival but “flopped” in India
- Ali Fazal in HuffPost India discussing what he heard from a director: “I don’t know what to tell my distributors [about you]. You’re not a commercial hero, nor indie/arthouse favourite, nor a Hollywood export.”
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