TV series

Jackson Heights

2014–2015 · 1 season

A warm yet tense slice-of-life drama about immigrant strivers, balancing humor and hardship in a tight-knit community.

Overview: 3 stories of Pakistani's family living in New York.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Immigration, family, survival, love
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: immigration
family
survival
love
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: crime, family, kids, reality
Created by: Marina Khan, Vasay Chaudhry
Written by: Vasay Chaudhry
Starring: Noman Ijaz, Aamina Sheikh, Marina Khan, Adeel Husain, Adnan Jaffar, Ali Kazmi, Almaas Hussain, Mehar Jaffri
Music: Saad Sultan
Cinematography: Nausheen Dadabhoy
Length: 1 seasons, 27 episodes, 40 min each
Network: Urdu 1, Zee Zindagi
Country: Pakistan, United States of America
Languages: English, Urdu