Two dates, both celebrated as Independence Days. Two countries on different sides of the border, partitioned for freedom.
This Independence Day weekend, the Kriti Film Club brings you a documentary about memory, history and the possibility of reconciliation.
A THIN WALL
(65 mins/ English. Urdu. Punjabi with Eng. subtitles)
Written and Directed by Mara Ahmed
Co-produced by Surbhi Dewan
Available to watch from 14th August, 11 am to 18th August, 11 am
Watch here: https://vimeo.com/286154660
Password: partitionstories
Join us for a Live conversation with the filmmakers, Mara Ahmed and Surbhi Dewan on 16th August at 7.30 pm IST on https://www.instagram.com/kritifilmclub/ and https://www.facebook.com/kriti.team/
About the Film: This documentary focuses on the Partition of India in 1947, but derives lessons that remain urgently relevant today. Shot on both sides of the border, in India and Pakistan, this film is a personal take on Partition rooted in stories passed down from one generation to another. Both filmmakers are descendants of families torn apart by Partition. The film is also a work of art infused with original animation, music and literary writing.
About the Filmmakers: Mara Ahmed has lived and has been educated in Belgium, Pakistan and the United States. She has a Master’s in Business and Economics. For most of her life she worked in corporate finance. In 2004, Mara resigned from her job in order to devote herself to her true passion: art and film. Mara's artwork was exhibited at the Kinetic Gallery in 2008 and more recently at the Colacino Gallery in Rochester, NY. The shows were multi-media fusions of her collage work, photography and film work. Mara’s film training began at the Visual Studies Workshop in 2006, and later continued at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Mara's first film, The Muslims I Know premiered at the Dryden Theatre in 2008. It was meant to start a dialogue between American Muslims and non-Muslims. Her second film, Pakistan One on One, opened at the Little Theatre in 2011. Shot entirely in Lahore, it is a broad survey of public opinion in Pakistan, about issues of interest to Americans. Both films have been broadcast on America's Public Broadcasting System, shown at film festivals, and screened on college and university campuses. A Thin Wall, was completed in 2015. Mara is now working on a documentary about racism in America. Her production company is Neelum Films.
Surbhi Dewan is an independent film maker. Her films connect personal portraits to larger socio-political landscapes. She has produced a number of short creative documentaries that have been showcased in film festivals across the world. Surbhi graduated with an MFA in film from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and received her BA degree in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi.
About the film club: The Kriti Film Club is an educational initiative of a not-for-profit organisation 'Kriti team'. It screens and shares documentary films on development, environment and socially relevant issues, in an effort to influence mindsets and behaviour towards an equitous, just and peaceful world. It also curates issue based film festivals and organises neighbourhood, school, college or institutional film shows. The Kriti Film Club has been screening regularly and independently since 2000.
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