DOCUMENTARY BEARS WITNESS: TRAVELLING FILM SOUTHASIA 2018 - A FESTIVAL OF SOUTH ASIAN DOCUMENTARIES

 

Rasan Piya (India)

(80 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Niharika Popli

 

The story of an extraordinary musician, poet and teacher, Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan who represented the 16th generation of Miyan Tansen’s lineage. He continued to compose, teach, travel and perform across India until his death in February 2016 at the age of 107 years

 

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Among the Believers (Pakistan)

(84 min; 2015; dvd; English & with subtitles)

Directors: Hemal Trivedi, Mohammed Ali Naqvi

 

Charismatic cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi, an ISIS supporter and Taliban ally, is waging jihad against the Pakistani state. His dream is to impose a strict version of Shariah law throughout the country, as a model for the world. Among the Believers follows Aziz on his very personal quest to create an Islamic utopia, during the bloodiest period in Pakistan’s modern history