Ambassador Akbar Ahmed presents the 20th Anniversary Edition re-release of the historical documentary film, "Mr. Jinnah: The Making of Pakistan." The documentary was part of Ambassador Ahmed's 1990s Jinnah Quartet of projects about the founder of Pakistan, which also included "Jinnah," a feature film starring Christopher Lee, an academic book, and a graphic novel. The documentary features unique material and interviews with Jinnah's contemporaries and people close to him, including an unprecedented and rare interview with his daughter, Dina Wadia. This edition of the documentary is accompanied by two specially commissioned introductions by Nafees Akbar Ahmed, the daughter of the creator of the Jinnah Quartet who played young Dina in the feature film "Jinnah," and Frankie Martin, Ibn Khaldun Chair Research Fellow at American University.
Ever heard of Truckistan? Hop-on with Pakistani truck drivers to discover this imaginary country in their thrilling and vivid playground! Filmed in October 2019 in Pakistan.
When the unfogettable qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died in Pakistan in 1997, be left a musical vacuum into which stepped his two teenage nephews. Despite their tender age, they were determined that their group Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali should continue their uncle’s pioreering
efforts to tran...
Kasb-e-Hunar is a sensory film showing a visual documentation of Shu (woollen cloth) making and short interviews with an elderly artisan community from the villages of Madaklasht and Garam Chashma in Chitral valley. It invites the audience in to engage with the past and present and seeks to provo...