FREE TUESDAY, OCT 19, 2015 || 9:00AM || UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE NIGHTINGALES OF PAKISTAN Directed by Fawzia Khan Runtime: 12 min Country: Pakistan Language: Urdu/English Year: 2010 Logline: Throughout Pakistan’s turbulent history as an Islamic state, its female singers have been both honored and reviled—but the song continues. DIRECTOR’S BIO Fawzia Khan, Director Dr. Fawzia… Read more »
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25th | 2PM | CARCO THEATER, RENTON | The partition of the Indian Subcontinent took place over 60 years ago along mostly religious lines. Hindus and Sikhs from present day Pakistan and Bangladesh were to migrate to present day India and Muslims were to migrate to present day Pakistan and Bangladesh. This was… Read more »
THURSDAY, OCT 22, 2015 || 8PM || SEATTLE SOUTH ASIAN ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE FAWZIA MIRZA PRESENTS ME, MY MOM & SHARMILA, A ONE-WOMAN COMEDIC PLAY Logline: Told through the lens of two women’s shared love for glamorous Bollywood film star, Sharmila Tagore, using personal anecdotes, pop culture and even some South Asian history lessons, this… Read more »
