End of Year Special: A chat with Filmmaker & Social Activist Yazmeen Kanji!

<p>Yazmeen is a Muslim Indo-Caribbean TIFF Next Wave Filmmaker, Hot Docs Accelerator fellow and the founder of the advocacy and consulting organization, Films With A Cause. She was the director of the award-winning films From Syria To Hope (2019) and With Love From Munera (2020). She is in development on her first feature film funded by the Hot Docs Cross Currents Fund, a documentary following the journey of one of the first recipients of a Bone Marrow Transplant to be potentially cured of Sickle Cell Disease. Yazmeen currently works at Charles Officer’s production company and supports Oscar-nominee Sami Khan’s projects while working in different capacities on Toronto based productions.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Guest:</p> <p>Yazmeen Kanji (@yazmeenkanji on Instagram)</p> <p>Films with a Cause (https://www.filmswithacause.com/)</p> <p><br></p> <p>Hosted by:</p> <p>Amber Dhall (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amber_dhall/">@amber_dhall</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beyond.the.film/">@beyond.the.film</a> on Instagram)</p> <p>Jasma Zhou (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jasma_fusion_cuisine/">@jasma_fusion_cuisine</a> on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFD-WazSyq4YcoWMUGIszOQ">Youtube</a> and Instagram)</p> <p><br></p> <p>Contact information:</p> <p>Email - offthechartspodcastt@gmail.com</p> <p>Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/offthecharts_podcast/">@offthecharts_podcast</a></p>