The video shows footage of Zeenat in their home and local area, showing them running and then rehabilitating after facing an injury. The video has a voice over and begins with an atmospheric track, which then switches to upbeat music.
We open on footage of a person running.
Voiceover: When you go running it’s like you’re flying,
it’s like your feet aren’t even touching the ground.
Close up on Zeenat’s chest as they breathe heavily. And veins on wrist as they’re pumping. And a close up of Zeenat’s face smiling.
Voiceover: You can hear every part of your body.
You can hear your heartbeat
and you can hear your blood
and you can almost hear your hair growing.
We see photographs of Zeenat as a young child.
Voiceover: Coming from a conservative Pakistani Muslim family,
being gay was unheard of.
Present day Zeenat is jogging down the street and smiles.
Voiceover: Running helped me to eventually come out as trans, non-binary
and queer and I could just be free and be me.
Zeenat is lying down on the couch. They have a leg in a brace and a pair of crutches stand next to them.
Voiceover: Suddenly I was completely immobilised.
Zeenat is stood up, balancing on crutches.
Voiceover: I knew I wasn’t going to be running for a long time.
We cut to a different shot, where Zeenat is helped up from the floor by their partner. We see Zeenat lift weights. We cut to another shot and see their partner is helping them walk down the street. Zeenat’s sister joins them, and they hug.
Voiceover: To have my partner literally drop everything that week,
and both my little sisters be my big sister,
it allowed me to develop a healthy understanding of not just my identity,
but of what community was really about.
Zeenat is running again.
Voiceover: I won’t stop until I’m walking
and then I won’t stop until I’m jogging,
and then I won’t stop until I’m running.
Titles appear on screen:
Make Your Comeback.
Find your community.
Join the This Girl Can club on Strava.
This Girl Can and Strava.