'Hala' Director and Cast on the Difficulties of Making a Pakistani Film in Hollywood

'Hala' explores the dynamic of a family of Pakistani decent in America. Producer Jada Pinkett Smith talks the difficulties in making this kind of film in Hollywood.
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[@digitalsalli]

To think they could have made a movie many hijabi’s could relate to. This movie is horrible and promotes more hate to Islam. To see a girl that loves skating and writing. I could almost see myself in her. Until they showed she began to go away from her religion made me upset. The strong faith is the one that can get you through anything. This doesn’t represent me as a young Muslims girl and I can say it definitely does not represent Islam.

[@casualenjoyeroflife]

Salma PREACH!

[@deniztopuz6817]

Salma The thing is her family is strict + Islam you know they blamed it on Islam like she was overwhelmed by her family and the more overwhelmed the more she goes against the rules,she was trying to find freedom by doing things she wasn’t supposed to and ruining other’s people lives and feelings it felt like this girl was just trying to be like others nothing else cause that’s not freedom by doing what she did she felt like oh yeah now I’m free at the end *SPOILER ALERT * away from her family she think she finds the freedom by removing her hijab off I don’t know like if you take your hijab off what does it change like I see most of people doing that and I can’t understand like it’s more because let me be like the others you know it was so stupid so stupid this movie

[@deniztopuz6817]

Salma like let’s say she’s in a strict family they could have chosen another religion like Christianity,Hindu or Jew but it would be better Hindu right so strict+ another faith it would have been the same but why especially Islam. Because people think Islam is not freedom women in Islam are oppressed so let’s us do this film to show y’all how they are oppressed and by staying away from it they are free and society already has bad opinions about Islam and thinks exactly as this movie has been portrayed and this movie now and these cast,producers they just confirmed it

[@starrynight5207]

god i am so tired of you guys making this and acting like it’s liberating. i’m glad she kept with islam at the end though

[@inesita365]

Go watch "SKAM" instead, you will love a Sana. A true hijabi muslim girl with a real life.

[@timmytime6722]

The funny part is when she goes "I had not seen that before in a movie". LIKE THIS NARRATIVE IS IN THE SAME MOVIE EVERYTIME THERES A MUSLIM GIRL STFU

[@mrbad9171]

Plz guys just leave us alone don't make movies about us just leave the Muslim be a Muslim. Why everybody on earth should be like American people? Isn't the world Beautifull when it have deferent culture's and deferent people? Sorry if my english is bad but i needed to say that

[@lightinlux]

Same old story...

[@Veronica-yd5dz]

Electre then what’s the story?

[@lightinlux]

@@Veronica-yd5dzeveryone has a different story ...just go out meet those communities, listen to them and you will understand what i-m saying. This is just the typical image that has been used over and over again n tvs and media to follow a specific agenda...

[@GomaaFilms]

@@lightinlux What agenda?

[@maimunamay6198]

@@GomaaFilms I wouldn't say 'agenda', but Jada is playing onto the image of the Muslim female who is supposedly suppressed by her religion and her culture. It seems to put an image out there that being Muslim and leading an emotionally fulfilling life are mutually exclusive.

[@saqet7546]

I don‘t get how Jada Pinkett Smith is crying because „All eyez on me“ was a bad representation of Tupac and how they didn‘t ask her how she really feels, and then produce a movie about a hijabi without having asked any hijabi how they feel. Once again non muslims speaking for us. Like we don‘t have a voice ourself

[@samiramohamed4180]

The most awful movie

[@elamiira_]

ITS FUCKED UP RIGHT!!!!!

[@smohamed530]

I watched the movie and its worse then I thought. They made it seem like she only got freedom from quitting islam. Honestly i hate the white saviour boy trope its just really bad for rep for muslims, you know?

[@captaindesperatehousewife2441]

You have a pansexual flag. Plz stfu ur not any better than them

[@TheNaz1996]

I’m disappointed, I got a respect for the smith family and grew up watching will smith and still do but jada messed up on this one big time

[@happyhippo5124]

me too

[@happyhippo5124]

Thanks for trying but you messed up.

[@Adee_j___]

Your parents were worried right.😂

[@halaabdalla4336]

My name is Hala😂

[@starrynight5207]

can someone explain why she kissed her teacher

[@shababi2000]

HUH?

[@starrynight5207]

@@shababi2000 did ya watch the movie lmfao

[@shababi2000]

bunni luvs no i just saw a video talking about it and muslim representation in general

[@starrynight5207]

@@shababi2000 ah well theres a point where she spends the night at her teachers house wITHOUT her hijab, she says she cant sleep and goes to the room where her teacher is sleeping and kisses him but he pushes her off him and tells her to leave i was like ma'am---

[@shababi2000]

bunni luvs there are no words, truly ✨🧚🏼‍♂️❤️

[@VoorNuNogVerandern]

Maybe get an actual hijabi to work on a film and the representation will be more accurate.

[@911beats]

I love that the bounty director is trying to act like this movie is a good representation for Muslims

[@YOBREADKNIGHT]

Getting and indian girl to play a pakistani in hollywood is just twisted. Difficult producers, I see why Will left her.

[@Tarz2155]

this shit gets me so pissed off 😡 😡

[@porkchopexpress6890]

I wanted to see this movie when I first saw the trailer cuz I’m a huge fan of Geraldine. She’s funny and a good actress. But once I saw who the director was I just stayed away from this movie. Knowing how Jada thinks and how she is it would go into this movie that has nothing to do with anything she believes in. So I just didn’t watch it. Cuz I know this movie coulda had so much potential to be a great movie if they got someone else to direct it.

[@deluranch]

Why does this movie looks like it portrays to not be afraid of Allah (god), aight imma head out

[@DumpsterJuiceee]

Problematic and flavorless

[@user-pd7gk5oy4h]

Maybe don't make movies about how muslim girls feel about Islam and hijab when you don't even know anything about us. We don't need you to represent us and how 'oppressed' and 'desperate' we are. We can represent ourselves without your toxic misrepresentation of us.

[@blackout9402]

I hated this film, Americans love making us seem like a problem and this movie gave no nuance to the Pakistani Muslim family.

[@realsh7992]

Disgusting

[@kartunland]

Now she make a movie about cleopatra being black Jada is the worst producer/director ever

[@sarahosman6814]

OMG IM SO HAPPYYYYYYY THE WAY IVE ACTUALLY BEEN OBSSESED WITH THE SMITH FAMILY NEXT THING I KNOW JADA RELEASED A NEW FILM ABOUT A GIRL CALLED HALA NAMED AFTER MY MUM

[@waitwhat5575]

But it’s not a good movie because it’s showing muslim women to be oppressed

[@minjaehyuk]

sarah chill it's a shit movie

[@EO-jr7li]

I love it, a woman controversial in Hollywood for being upfront about her opinions on racism, collaborates with a Muslim woman, and the result is a comment section full of people accusing them of racism.

[@ibnmianal-buna3176]

Mr. Hitman I’m a non-Muslim, pretty secular honestly. This movie was pretty good. I knew lots of Muslims were gonna get triggered though, it’d be a similar case if the movie was about a Jew or a Christian girl. It seems like a lot of Muslims think that some Muslim boys and girls don’t get abused by their families to follow their religion and culture. That definitely happens, and this movie discusses it. Some Muslim youth are allowed to choose to be religious, some are forced.

[@girlwholovespopcorn]

Sunshine and Kei I totally agree, although I must say most Muslim hijabi women are triggered ( because) there never was a good representation of them on screen. Someone they can relate to, that is proud of her religion and want to use it for good. They said one side of the strict family story now right? Now it’s time to bring the good side story on screens.

[@kristinetank3959]

Her face????...filler city

[@AmaKOws]

Your character for calling that out knowing your the only comment

[@nikhilsilva5244]

Triggered hijabis incoming....