Director: Nadeem Uddin
India / 28min/ 2010

African-Indian Sufis in Gujarat known as Sidis have always had the traditional role of performing sacred music and dance as wandering fakirs singing to their African Sufi saint, Bava Gor. Sufi Sidis were brought to India as both slaves and honored servants centuries ago.

 In an inspiring and heartfelt account of Sidis in modern India, Under the Sun has laid the portrait of a people upon their history, their devotion and the sacred music which acts as the vital cord with their African origin.  They are the India’s lost Africans.

About the Director:Originally from Bhopal, India, Nadeem Uddin attended film school in th U.S and resides in the Pacific Northwest.His passionate work  about the worst Industrial disaster in history Bhopal, India in 1984 landed him a place as one of the producers of  “Bhopal: The Search for Justice,” a documentary which premiered on CBC’s flagship program “The Nature of Things” and in Goia, Brazil Film Festival it won the 2005 Wolf Jesco von Puttkamer Award for Best Medium Length Documentary, shown at Sundance Film Channel and various festivals around the world.  Please visit www.samsarafilms.com for more on Nadeem Uddin.