Miles from Nowhere

This bold and inventive dark comedy drama, created by award-winning journalist and writer Mohamed Hassan, finds the humour and heart in the everyday and not-so-everyday experiences of the Muslim diaspora.

Said is a young man in crisis. His fiancée has dumped him. His career is non-existent and his passion for music is crippled by lack of confidence. On top of everything, his mum worries that he’s losing his faith. He is surrounded by a strong and mainly supportive community, but their efforts to help, make him feel suffocated. He’s waiting for a sign that someone’s listening. And as it turns out, ‘they’ are! Said forms a dangerous friendship with the Security Intelligence Service agent sent to spy on him when the government fear Said’s being radicalized. And, as a result, he manages to put his whole community at risk.

Big on comedy and artfully drawn characters, but with plenty of biting social commentary, Miles From Nowhere is based not only on Hassan’s and his community’s experiences but also his role as New Zealand’s foremost reporter on real-world surveillance, counter-terrorism and Islamophobia.

Cast: Arlo Green (Cowboy Bebop, Rurangi), Sami Afuni (Australian Epic), Benedict Wall (Operation Buffalo)