Elijah (Screening & Discussion)

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Friday, June 5, 2026 | 6pm to 7:30pm

25 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor, Suite 1000
between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan

RSVP: https://26-06-05season.eventbrite.com

Razid Season, filmmaker and alum of The City College of New York, will screen his latest short film, Elijah, a coming-out story of a second-generation Bengali-American who desires to live life fully as a man in a trans-phobic immigrant culture. Inspired by a real-life story. 

Synopsis
A South Asian Muslim taxi driver faces the reality that the American Dream may never be his. Grueling hours, rude customers, a collapse in medallion values, and suicides among fellow drivers continually chip away at his hope for the future. Against this backdrop, crisis spills into his family as his child comes out as a transgender man. His relationship with his transgender son challenges his past views on LGBTQ issues, forcing him to confront prejudice in his community to protect the child he loves.

More Info: www.razidseason.com

Author Bio

Razid Season is an award-winning Bengali filmmaker known for socially conscious stories that explore identity, history, and marginalized voices. Born in Abu Dhabi, raised in Dhaka, and now based in New York, his work bridges cultural and religious perspectives with contemporary issues. His acclaimed short film Kaddish—recognized as one of the first Holocaust short films made by a filmmaker from Muslim background—has received international attention, broadcast exposure, and inclusion in the Visual History of the Holocaust.

Season has also served as a juror for the PLURAL+ Youth Film Festival, an initiative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the International Organization for Migration. His recent film Elijah continues his commitment to telling urgent, human-centered stories. He is currently developing his first feature-length film, set in mid-1980s New York.