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Legend of Fry-Roti: Rise of the Dough

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Legend of Fry-Roti: Rise of the Dough

Dir. Sabrina Saleha

9 min

Shorts 10: Meeting in the Middle

Real human connection requires pushing past your own boundaries and meeting somewhere in the middle.

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A Navajo/Bengali niece kneads to find dough-mestic harmony when her aunties burst into a frybread vs. roti showdown, forcing her to cook up her own recipe for belonging from all the ingredients of her culture.

Film Details

Festival Programs & Themes: Shorts

Film Type: Fiction Short

Release Year: 2025

Runtime: 9 min

Country/Region: United States

Language: English, Navajo

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Cast/Crew

Director: Sabrina Saleha

Producer: Sabrina Saleha, Alex Nystrom, Alifya Ali, Brooke Swaney

Cinematographer: Kristian Zuniga

Screenwriter: Sabrina Saleha

Editor: Jole Sanchez

Composer: Mark Hadley

Principal Cast: Sabrina Saleha, Nayab Hussain, Lori Tazbah Tapahonso