US-Pakistani Filmmaker Hopes to Capture Growing Up

When Qudsia Sethi was 11, she was invited to a swimming party. Her parents were hesitant but gave her permission to go. She wouldn’t be allowed to wear a bathing suit, however. That would be strictly against her Muslim upbringing, her father told her. Instead, she would wear something akin to a stretchy jumpsuit that would be covered further still with sweats and a long-sleeved T-shirt. It seemed an impossible situation. She could try to explain to her father how ludicrous she would look in front of her friends, possibly offending him, or forgo the party, which she had her heart set on.