Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date2018-03-25

Languageen

Runtime12m

Production

Fox Cub Films

4.0(5)

•2018•12m

Run(a)way Arab

Drama

Overview

A queer Arab boy, Nazeem, looks up to his Muslim mother with awe. Later in life, it is only through being a drag queen that he holds on to their lost and fraught connection.

Director

Amrou Al-Kadhi

Writing & Screenplay

Amrou Al-Kadhi

Cinematography

Craig Dean Devine

Principal Cast

5 credited

Ahd KamelHalima

Omar LabekYoung Nazeem

Amrou Al-KadhiNazeem/Queen Za Dream

Charlie ParhamQueen 1

Tom RasmussenQueen 2

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