Parvez ShaikhA Teen-Age Girl’s Cell-Phone Video Sparks Desire and Coercion in “Sandstorm”verified_publisherThe New Yorker - Film by Seemab GulSeemab Gul’s short film draws on the story of a real-life girl who found herself at the center of a controversy about privacy and modesty. In 2009, Ghadeer Ahmed, an Egyptian teen-ager, recorded a video of herself dancing in a short dress at her friend’s house. It was the type of thing girls would …
Parvez ShaikhAlam Ara: Search for the lost film that gave birth to Bollywoodverified_publisherBBC News - Soutik BiswasEarlier this month, a group of archivists in the western Indian city of Mumbai recovered what now appears to be the only surviving link with the first Indian talking film. Led by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, an award-winning filmmaker, archivist and restorer, they stumbled upon a vintage machine which …
Parvez ShaikhAnurag Kashyap and Mihir Fadnavis’ ‘Lords of Lockdown’ captures a desolate Mumbai during the pandemicvogue.in - Anisha SaigalProduced by Anurag Kashyap and directed by Mihir Fadnavis, Lords of Lockdown archives and narrates important stories from India's pandemic-induced …
Parvez ShaikhLunana: Bhutan’s first Oscar nominee explores ‘happiness index’verified_publisherAl Jazeera - Namrata JoshiThe tiny Himalayan nation’s Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is competing for the Best International Feature Film award. New Delhi, India – Governance in Bhutan is guided by the Gross National Happiness index, a paradigm for holistic development and a measure of collective wellbeing of people in the …
Parvez ShaikhMeet the duo behind India's first Oscars documentary nominationverified_publisherDW English - Akanksha SaxenaNominated for this year's Academy Awards, the Indian documentary "Writing With Fire" tells the story of the fearless journalists of Khabar Lahariya, …
Parvez ShaikhHelp! I’m Watching a Christopher Nolan Movie Without Subtitlesverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Meghana IndurtiI made out the word “inverted.” That’s something. Now I must use that one word to work out what the hell is going on. We are watching this Chris Nolan film without subtitles, and I have no idea what is going on. Subtitles are the raft that keeps me afloat from A story to B story. Without them, I am …
