The Blood of Hussain

Allegorical tale of revolutionary struggle against injustice and oppression which follows the mourning procession for the murdered Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

The annual mourning procession for the murdered Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, serves as the setting for this allegorical tale of revolutionary struggle against injustice and oppression. Banned by successive military regimes in Pakistan, subversive filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi captures the diversity and power of both the religious and the secular in everyday life.