A martial artist-in-training believes she must save her older sister from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, she tries to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

JBFC Senior Film Programmer Monica Castillo writes: “Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society is the kind of movie that’s tough to categorize. I’ve seen it written about as a “romantic heist action-comedy drama,” but that’s just the beginning. Manzoor—who wrote, directed, and composed her break-out hit show “We Are Lady Parts”—makes her feature debut with the same biting wit, irreverent spirit, eye for visual humor, and a style steeped in a love of movies that made her series such a standout. Manzoor and her star Priya Kansara, a young talent also making her own big screen debut, sculpt Polite Society into a heartfelt story about sisters, a passionate journey to fight for one’s dreams, a defiant statement against cultural and generational expectations, a suspenseful heist, and a kung-fu action thriller—complete with a final showdown and even a dance number. It’s just as exciting as it is charming.”