They Call Us The Queen of My Dreams

Jeff and Phil welcome friend and filmmaker Fawzia Mirza, writer/director of indie comedy/drama feature The Queen of My Dr eams . They talk about the Asian diasporic film subgenre of "Our Parents Are People Too"; Fawzia's own journey of telling this story over multiple iterations and embracing her identity as a director; and the challenges of shooting a narrative that spans several time periods and countries, from 1969 Karachi to 1989 Nova Scotia. Also: The Good, The Bad, and The WTF of making The Queen of My Dreams .

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They Call Us The Queen of My Dreams is an episode from They Call Us Bruce by Jeff Yang & Phil Yu.

This episode is 43:44 long.

This episode was published on Oct 19, 2025.

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