Film Screening

Dr. Akbar Hyder hosts a film night featuring the work of Yousuf Saeed, an independent documentary filmmaker and researcher from New Delhi, who will be present at this event. Saeed has been making documentary films and videos on topics of South Asia's pluralistic cultural traditions for the last fifteen years. He recently spent over six months in Pakistan as part of a research fellowship to survey classical music traditions. This study resulted in a feature-length documentary film, featuring some

The following films are scheduled to be screened:

1. Muharram 2. Boojh Sakey to Boojh (30 mins) 3. Ghalib (15 mins) 4. Basant (13 mins) 5. The Train to Heaven (7 mins)

The films will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.