Film

Where Have You Hidden My New Moon Crescent? — by Iffat Fatima

Where Have You Hidden My New Moon Crescent? — by Iffat Fatima

Iffat Fatima's documentary "Where Have You Hidden My New Moon Crescent?" traces the journey of Mughal Mase (from Habba Kadal, Srinagar) in "her relentless quest for justice" while seeking answers about the enforced disappearance of her only son, Nazir Ahmed Teli, a teacher who was picked up by the I

Documenting Faith: Physical Devotion in Werner Herzog’s Pilgrimage (2001) and Wheel of Time (2003) — by Chantal Poch

Documenting Faith: Physical Devotion in Werner Herzog’s Pilgrimage (2001) and Wheel of Time (2003) — by Chantal Poch

Abstract: To make visible the invisible has always been a key challenge to film. This paper will study how German director Werner Herzog, a regular explorer of the material / spiritual dichotomy, has managed to visualize something as invisible as faith in his documentaries Pilgrimage (2001) and Whee

1984 Sikh Massacre: News Footage with Interviews and Testimonials — Media Compiled by Ensaaf

1984 Sikh Massacre: News Footage with Interviews and Testimonials — Media Compiled by Ensaaf

Recorded a few days after the 1984 Sikh massacre, here is media footage compiled by Ensaaf, "a nonprofit organization working to end impunity and achieve justice for crimes against humanity in India, with a special focus on Punjab, by documenting abuses, bringing perpetrators to justice, and organiz

Paseo: Poetry to Disarm a War — by Amjad Majid

Paseo: Poetry to Disarm a War — by Amjad Majid

The Spanish Civil War and its memorialization has become an institution unto itself in contemporary Spain. On a yearly basis, new films, novels, poems, texts of fiction, scholarship and research emerge to expand the culture of revisiting, exploration and study brought about by this defining event of

Towards a Home-grown Kashmiri Cinema - Part I — by Mirum Quazi

Towards a Home-grown Kashmiri Cinema - Part I — by Mirum Quazi

Mirum Quazi provides a few meditations on cinema, visual culture and the applications of the field in a Kashmiri context. In particular, he explores the possibilities of a distinctive visual language that is developed within Kashmiri culture itself.