Ali Nobil Ahmed on Jago Hua Savera

With the resortation of the classic Pakistani film Jago Hua Savera, and its recent screening at Cannes, interest in this wonderful 1950s Pakistani film about the plight of East Pakistani fishermen has been rekindled.

Ahead of its screening at the Edinburgh Filmhouse as part of the “Forms of the Left” workshop, Ali Nobil Ahmed writes a considered account of the many artistic and intellectual connections across South Asia and beyond that form part of the film’s biography and lasting importance.

Read Ali’s piece here: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/13/day-shall-dawn-pakistan-realist-cinema

Naeem Mohaimen’s United Red Army

As part of the “Forms of the Left”, we will be screening Naeem Mohaiemen’s documentary United Red Army (2012).

Jago Hua Savera – Day Shall Dawn

We’re very proud to announce that as part of the ‘Forms of the Left’ conference, there will be a screening of the classic 1958 Pakistani movie Jago Hua Savera (A.J. Kardar, dir.) at the Edinburgh Filmhouse on June 28th, at 18:10.

This extraordinary film was shot in East Pakistan in the late 1950s and narrates the plight of the fishermen in a small village near Dhaka caught up in endless cycles of indebtedness to moneylenders. As current in its themes as it is visually stunning, the film has retained its capacity to make a deep impact.

Rarely screened, the film’s screenplay was written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, based on the Bengali novel Padma Nodir Majhi by Manik Bandopadhyay. Shot by Walter Lassally in beautiful black and white, especially the  lingering views over the waterways of eastern Bengal impress. Khan Ataur Rahman and Tripti Mitra excel in the cast.

This is a wonderful opportunity to see this rare and wonderful film. Book your tickets now!