First-Look: Sam Abbas' LGBTQ Drama. 'Alia's Birth'

In times where we wait for shoots to resume and things to get better, any new show or film coming up with a new look being shared is bound to raise interest. 

W.A. Ralph and a heavily-pregnant Erin Smith appear in this first-look still from Alia's Birth, the upcoming LGBTQ feature from Egyptian director Sam Abbas (The Wedding), and a film that features a live home-birth with a resuscitation. 

Also starring The Night Of actress Poorna Jagannathan and Nikohl Boosheri, who is best known for her role on Freeform series The Bold Type, the feature, in which a relationship between a female couple forces them to spend the night apart, covers sex, depression and motherhood. It also captures a live set by DJ/producer Nicole Moudaber in a New York warehouse, hosted by major event-organizer Teksupport.

Produced via Abbas' recently formed ArabQ Films, an Arab LGBTQ-focused banner, Alia's Birth was completed just before the COVID-19 pandemic, and had been in talks to have its world premiere in Cannes. "Right now what’s important is everyone’s safety," Abbas said. "Once theaters are open and festivals are back running, then we can have Alia’s Birth premiere. There absolutely won’t be a possibility of Alia's Birth playing outside of a physical event. Nor will the film ever be available for VOD/DVD/Blu-ray etc."

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