INVISIBLE CIRCUS (2011)
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(For Urban Studies & Arts Programs)An inspiring documentary about performance, love, dedication and pigeon poop. Meet the ring master of this invisible circus Doug Francis as he leads Bristol's anarchist circus from margins to mainstream with the motto:'If it's not impossible, we're not interested'.The film's 3 year span takes them...
The Silver Footprint
The Silver Footprint is a documentary celebrating the work of Robin Bell, arguably the finest darkroom Master Printer working today. The film features aspects of Robin’s work and interviews with some of the finest photographers working today, as well as following the creation of a major National Portrait Gallery Exhibition....
BAM 6.6: HUMANITY HAS NO BORDERS (2008)
On December 26, 2003, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Bam , Iran , reducing the 2,000-year-old Citadel to rubble and claiming over 40,000 lives -- nearly half the entire population of Bam , Iran . The horrendous toll of human lives and architectural heritage has changed the people and the...
A MESSAGE FROM THE EAST (2009)
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(For Middle East Studies & Poetry) Shot between 2007 and 2009, "A Message from the East" is an inspirational film about the life and work of Muhammad Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan. A crew of 10 Chicago Filmmakers traveled from Germany, Dubai, Pakistan, Turkey, Spain, Canada, and parts of the...
Inshallah Football (2010)
(For Asian Studies, Cultural Studies) When he left his home in Kashmir to join the training camps in Pakistan in the early 90’s, Bashir's son Basharat was two months old. Basharat Baba belongs to a new generation of Kashmiris. He has grown up under the shadow of a silent war. Yet,...
Inshallah Kashmir: Living Terror (2012)
(For Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, Religious Studies) Once the epitome of a mystical culture, a deep heritage of learning, of arts and craft; the crucible of Buddhism, Hinduism and Sufi-Islam; verdant forests, snow-capped peaks, populated by a guileless, beautiful people; till the dark cloud of terror enveloped the Kashmir valley overnight....
