Wings of Freedom
12/10/2018 | 5m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
WINGS OF FREEDOM, a film by Jannah Sellers and Sumaya Mahmoud.
Like any teenager, Maleeka is nervous about her first day of high school. Will she fit in? Will she make friends? And most importantly, will people discover her secret? When she witnesses bullying on campus, she must make a choice that exposes her secret but ultimately allows her to be true to herself.
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Muslim Youth Voices is a production of the Center for Asian American Media. Funding provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Wings of Freedom
12/10/2018 | 5m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Like any teenager, Maleeka is nervous about her first day of high school. Will she fit in? Will she make friends? And most importantly, will people discover her secret? When she witnesses bullying on campus, she must make a choice that exposes her secret but ultimately allows her to be true to herself.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipIt's the first day of school!
(sighs) It's the first day of school.
What to wear... ♪ Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
(scoffs): What is this?
Nope, nope.
(groans) What's going on in here?
Mom, I have nothing to wear!
What, what about this?
This is a nice dress.
- Oh, I totally forgot about that.
Yeah, thanks.
- Okay, so why are you so nervous, anyway?
It's my first day of high school-- I have to look good, I have to fit in, I have to make friends.
It'll be fine, it'll be okay-- just be friendly and open.
You'll make new friends in no time.
Just make sure they don't see your... Yeah, yeah, I know.
Thanks, Mom.
MOM: You're welcome.
(breathes deeply) GIRL: Hey.
MALEEKA: Uh, yeah?
- New girl, right?
Yeah, I'm Maleeka-- it's my first day.
Nice dress.
Thank you.
Hey, come here.
See that new girl right there?
MALEEKA: Uh-huh.
- Wanna go mess with her?
- (stammering): Okay.
GIRL: Let's go.
Hey, loser.
What the heck are you reading, what is that?
- It's just a book.
GIRL: Your clothes are so tacky, what is that?
(book thuds loudly) (sighs) ♪ ADIRA: Stop!
Please, just leave me alone!
Stop!
Please!
Just leave me alone!
I didn't do anything!
(cries out) (whimpering) MALEEKA: Stop!
Stop!
♪ (rustling) ♪ What the heck are you, freak?
Are you okay?
Yeah, thank you so much for saving me.
MALEEKA: No problem.
I'm so sorry I didn't help you the other day.
I was being a coward.
ADIRA: It's okay.
So... You have wings!
Yeah, I guess I do.
I was born with them.
The name's Maleeka, by the way.
I'm Adira.
What's it like to have wings?
- That's a long story.
♪
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Muslim Youth Voices is a production of the Center for Asian American Media. Funding provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.