White Lion, Brown Tiger

Written by Vishesh Abeyratne and directed by Michelle Soicher, White Lion, Brown Tiger is a biting black comedy laced with wit and venom. In a thrift shop, a heated exchange between two Sri Lankan employees breaks out into a fight. Their manager tries to defuse the situation, bringing intracultural tensions and charged racial politics to the fore. But there may be more to the conflict than the two men are letting on…

White Lion, Brown Tiger is a charged exploration of workplace racism, toxic masculinity, performative allyship, and weaponized trauma.