Jammin’ in the Middle E is an Arab Australian comedy about families, fast cars, gangsta rap and …rosewater.
Naima and Ishak are sister and brother from a conservative, middle class Muslim family in Western Sydney. Ishak is a part time rapper who dreams of being a gangster but fails miserably at every turn while Naima, who usually ends up bailing him out, has the hots for his mate – the cool dude Rafi.
Ishak has got into hot water again betting his car and a large sum of cash on an illegal street race in which he will race and which he is sure to lose.
Ishak hatches a plot with his sidekicks to steal his own car for the insurance. The plan goes pear-shaped and things look increasingly grim – especially when the rap battle that Ishak organises to raise some cash is double booked with a traditional Lebanese wedding.
What next for Naima and Ishak?
Employing a longform drama workshop approach in its production, Jammin in the Middle E uses real life stories from the lives of the young amateur cast as the starting point for the screenplay.