Dear Bradford: A love letter to the misunderstood city

21 years on from the devastating riots that wreaked havoc on a predominantly South Asian neighborhood in Bradford, a poignant documentary takes a look at the notorious city. From Muslim "no-go zones" to Brexit-voting white nationalists, stereotypes still persist in this city...

Farhaani was born in Bradford in the 1980s, into a family of Muslim South Asian descent. From an early age he was afraid of being "discovered" and lived a dual existence and identity, leaving Bradford as soon as he could.

He spent years traveling the world, teaching others English. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, Farhaani was reluctantly forced to return to his hometown. Through his beloved grandmother, whom he calls "Amma," and his late grandfather's poetry, Farhaan learned how to love Bradford—and himself.

The documentary gives a glimpse of the city from Farhaan's point of view depicting the struggles of diaspora children often caught between polar opposite worlds; is a must-see documentary as it presents another side of a city that is home to many diaspora families and is a portal to shared identity; it is a generational narrative of a family that tells the story of a country, but also of many other diaspora families in the UK and the world...

The documentary was directed by Vivek Vadoliya, while the screenplay was written by Farhaan Mumtaz and Ravi Amaratunga Hitchcock. /Telegraph/