#Shamin Sarif

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Jessie Archer is a member of the Athena Protocol, an elite organization of female spies who enact vigilante justice around the world. Athena operatives are never supposed to shoot to kill—so when Jessie can’t stop herself from pulling the trigger, she gets kicked out of the organization, right before a huge mission to take down a human trafficker in Belgrade. Jessie needs to right her wrong and prove herself, so she starts her own investigation into the trafficking. But going rogue means she has no one to watch her back as she delves into the horrors she uncovers. Meanwhile, her former teammates have been ordered to bring her down. Jessie must face danger from all sides if she’s to complete her mission—and survive.

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NOVEMBER 30: I Can’t Think Straight premieres (2008)

On this day in 2008, the lesbian film I Can’t Think Straight finally received a wide release in the United States after initially hitting select theater on November 21, 2008.

The British drama is based on the book of the same name and was directed by Shamim Sarif, a notable writer and director of South Asian and South African descent who is openly lesbian and has extensively explored gender and sexuality in her work. I Can’t Think Straight follows the story of a Palestinian woman named Tala who is living in London and engaged to a man named Hani. While Tala’s wealthy family eagerly make arrangements for her wedding to take place in their home country of Jordan, Tala is slowly coming to the realization that she likes women. The object of her affection is the girlfriend of her best friend, a British Indian Muslim woman named Leyla. As Tala’s wedding day approached, both women struggle with their family’s cultural expectations and their secret relationship.

Upon its release in 2008, I Can’t Think Straight was awarded by many LGBT film festivals from around the world such as the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Lesbian publication sites such as AfterEllen and Autostraddle delivered lackluster but ultimately endearing reviews of the film. Autostraddle dubs it “another film that lesbians either love or hate, but this is the film that opened our hearts forever to...Tala and Leyla, two women from very different backgrounds that fall in love on accident.”

-LC

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Every night I empty my heart, but by morning it’s full again Slow droplets of you seep in through the night’s caress At dawn, I overflow with thoughts of us An aching pleasure that gives me no respite Love cannot be contained The neat packaging of desire splits asunder Spilling crimson through my days Long languishing days that are now bruised tender with yearning Spent searching for a fingerprint, a scent, a breath you left behind.

Shamim Sarif, “I can’t think straight” 

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Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Misha Ardonov in Despite the Falling Snow (dir. Shamin Sarif, 2016)

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"Every night I empty my heart, but by morning it's full again.

Slow droplets of you seep in through the night's soft caress.

At dawn, I overflow with thoughts of us

An aching pleasure that gives me no respite.

Love cannot be contained, the neat packaging of desire

Splits asunder, spilling crimson through my days.

Long, languishing days that are now bruised tender with yearning,

Spent searching for a fingerprint, a scent, a breath you left behind..."

- Tala to Leyla, I Can't Think Straight by Shamin Sarif

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The Athena Protocol by Shamim Sharif | an action-packed spy thriller

today's review is THE ATHENA PROTOCOL by shamim sharif!! spy thrillers are cool.

The Athena Protocol by Shamin Sarif

October 8, 2019, from HarperTeen Contemporary thriller Goodreads | Amazon

Jessie Archer is a member of the Athena Protocol, an elite organization of female spies who enact vigilante justice around the world.

Athena operatives are never supposed to shoot to kill—so when Jessie can’t stop herself from pulling the trigger, she gets kicked out of the organization,…

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Viva Las Gaygas! ClexaCon is the place to be in 2017

Occasionally something good comes out of something pretty awful. For example, out of the ashes of The 100’s choice to kill off Commander Lexa in the trope-iest way possible, the LGBTQ focused ClexaCon was born. Fan inspired and focused, ClexaCon is a direct response to the Bury Your Gays epidemic. “ClexaCon aims to empower media creators to produce and distribute more positive LGBTQ content, providing educational resources for the community to aid in the push for better representation,” the site’s mission statement says. “ClexaCon will strive to lay the foundation for improved visibility within the media while encouraging more LGBTQ women to participate in creating the stories they desire.” Sounds pretty good, right? Well it gets better. What originally started out as a way to empower queer viewers and fans, has become so much more, according to ClexaCon organizers. “The idea for ClexaCon was to create an event for the community in which we can celebrate the characters and shows we love while providing a positive space to come together. We received an overwhelming reaction and realized that the larger LGBT+ community was hungry for this type of event. ClexaCon has since morphed into so much more than we had originally imagined. We are currently expecting thousands of attendees over three days along with celebrity guests, panelists, content creators, journalists, media personalities, vendors and artists.” Celebrity guests, you say? Yep. Guests like the stars of Wynonna Earp, Dominique Provost-Chalkley and Katherine Barrell, and of course, WE showrunner Emily Andras. (You know you’re a fandras.)   Lost Girl’s Zoie Palmer and Rachel Skarsten, Ali Liebert of Bomb Girls fame, Saving Face’s Lynn Chen and Michelle Krusiec, and more! Basically, it’s a who’s who of women who have made a huge impact as actors and creators of content for LGBTQ audiences. Spashley fans will get a chance to see South of Nowhere‘s Gabrielle Christian and Mandy Musgrave reunite to talk about the groundbreaking show and its impact on queer audiences. Writers /directors Alice Wu (Saving Face) and Shamin Sarif (I Can’t Even Think Straight) will be on hand to discuss their famous films. Eden Riegel, who played the iconic role of Bianca Montgomery on All My Children, will join former castmate Elizabeth Hendrickson to celebrate daytime’s first major lesbian character and the relationship Bianca and Maggie shared. And that’s not even all!  The full list of attendees is here, and it’s pretty freaking unbelievable.   In addition to seeing all these famous ladies, ClexaCon will be chock full of wonderful and fascinating panels on everything from queer fandom to blogging to creating and developing your own webseries. Panelists will include writers and entertainment journalists from your favorite sites like Autostraddle, TV Junkies, Tagg Magazine, Huffington Post, and more (including yours truly). There are also fantastic panelists from queer owned business, entertainment companies, academia, activism, Youtube and fandom. This sort of meeting of the minds and focus on LGBTQ women that really makes ClexaCon special. “At most conventions you’re hard-pressed to find actresses and content that are LGBT-friendly, let alone geared specifically toward LGBT audiences,” says ClexaCon’s team. “While there are a couple of LGBT conventions popping up (check out Flame Con in NYC!), there have never been any conventions geared specifically towards LGBT women. ClexaCon will be the first convention, that we know of, that is run by LGBT women for LGBT women. We will focus entirely on queer female characters and stories from film, TV and online while highlighting LGBT actresses and content creators. This is the only con where we have the opportunity to celebrate the media we love for an entire weekend with a community of thousands of other like-minded people.” So I might be a little biased, but I’ll be attending ClexaCon and moderating a few panels (including The Power of Queer Social Media with panelists Emily Andras, Chelsea Steiner, Bridget Liszewski (TV Junkies), and Tara Stuart (LGBT Fans Deserve Better) and I’m thrilled to be a part of this event. ClexaCon is offering a special event called Table Talk with the Panelists, so if you’d like to grab a bite with me or one of the other lovely panelists, tickets are available now. And if these panels and special events, plus happy hours and trips to the buffet aren’t enough, there’s going to be a film festival and vendors as well. So, what are you waiting for? See you in Vegas!       http://dlvr.it/N4CC5h

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Despite the Falling Snow 2016 DVDRip XviD AC3-EVO

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Director:    Shamim Sarif

Genre:    Drama, Mystery, Romance

Actors:     Rebecca Ferguson, Charles Dance, Antje Traue

Duration:    1hr 29m

Plot:    In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician - and falls in love with him.

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The World Unseen (2010) by Shamin Sarif

In 1950's South Africa, apartheid is just becoming institutionalized. Free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community, and the new apartheid-led government, by running a café with Jacob her ‘coloured’ business partner. When she meets Miriam, a young traditional wife and mother, their unexpected attraction pushes Miriam to question the rules that bind her. When Amina helps Miriam's sister-in-law to hide from the police, a chain of events is set in motion that changes both women forever. In a system that divides white from black and women from men, what chance is there for an unexpected love to survive?

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Every night I empty my heart, but by morning it’s full again. Slow droplets of you seep in through the night’s soft caress. At dawn I overflow with thoughts of us, An aching pleasure that gives me no respite Love cannot be contained, the neat packaging of desire Splits asunder, spilling crimson through my days Long, languishing days that are now bruised tender with yearning Spent searching for a fingerprint, a scent, a breath you left behind

Shamin Sarif