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There’s a scene in Ish – the new black-and-white gem of a movie from first-time director Imran Perretta – that will feel chillingly familiar to some.

Friends Ish (Farhan Hasnat) and Maram (Yahya Kitana), both 12, are stopped on the streets as an unmarked white van screeches to a halt. Ish flees, but law enforcers pick up Maram in what can only be described as racial profiling.

Ish is Bangladeshi (Perretta himself is half-Italian, half-Bangladeshi), while Maram is Palestinian.