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South Asian Heritage Month
Reclaiming the history and identity of British South Asians - through film.
South Asian Heritage Month runs from mid-July to mid-August every year. It seeks to raise the profile of British South Asian heritage and history in the UK through education, arts, culture and commemoration, with the goal of helping people to better understand the diversity of present-day Britain and improve social cohesion across the country. Here we present a selection of films that enhance understanding about what it means to be South Asian in the modern age, as well as looking to the past to see how Britain became the diverse country it is today.
Film: Towers of Silence
Towers of Silence Towers of Silence
Drama 1975 51 mins Director: Jamil Dehlavi
Weaving together scenes of Zoroastrian funerary rituals, Jamil Dehlavi's early experimental film juxtaposes traumatic landscapes of sex, death, and faith.
Film: Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception Immaculate Conception
Drama 1992 123 mins Director: Jamil Dehlavi
A western couple struggling to conceive a child visit a fertility shrine in Karachi and find themselves caught in a world of fantasy and exploitation.
Film: The Blood of Hussain
The Blood of Hussain The Blood of Hussain
Drama 1981 106 mins Director: Jamil Dehlavi
Allegorical tale of revolutionary struggle against injustice and oppression which follows the mourning procession for the murdered Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
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