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I Project Hope I Countrywide Screening:
Stories of Change I |
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I Celebrating 12 Years of Muktir Gaan I |
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PROJECT HOPE |
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Film is an extension of life, but sometimes,
life as well is extended by film. A boy supports his mother at 8, forms
under-ground militia group at 15, switches 13 jobs by 17 and gets arrested
while attempting to disarm a policeman, serves 4 ½ year imprisonment - turns
into a writer with works translated in 12 languages, becomes a filmmaker with
films screened more than 100 times at international film festivals and
awarded throughout the world. |
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf, by the name he is now
known to world, is one of the finest of all the Iranian New Wave filmmakers.
His research for the last released film Kandahar included traveling secretly
to Afghanistan during the Taliban rule, where he witnessed the chaotic
situation of the country, becoming so disturbed that, after the completion of
the film, he took charge of executing 80 projects in a 2 year period on
education and hygiene within Afghanistan, as well as improving the living
conditions of Afghan refugees in Iran. |
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Project Hope – is one of our
interactive screening programme for those children, divided by access to
opportunity, who otherwise could have become one as Makhmalbaf. |
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Last Screening |
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On 24th December 2009 at Amader Pathshala Amader Pathshala is a holistic initiative for the
quality education of underprivileged children in Pallabi Mirpur, Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Learn more from www.amaderpathshala.org |
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COUNTRYWIDE
SCREENING: STORIES OF CHANGE |
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In June 2008, BEGINNING organized a film screening caravan that travelled
across major cities of Bangladesh screening one of its own film, Stories of Change, by Kamar Ahmad
Simon & Sara Afreen. A testament to the resilience of human spirit, Stories
of Change is a real life documentary about the lives of 5 women
aging from 16 to 60, coming from different walks of life, of different
profession, religion and regions of Bangladesh. Facilitated by BRAC Development
Institute, the shows covered mostly the youth of semi-urban cities. The
caravan travelled across educational institutions, and screenings were
followed by interactive discussions amongst erudite panelists and the
audience. Learn more from http://www.storiesofchange.net/html/screenings.htm |
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12 YEARS OF MUKTIR
GAAN |
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On the eve of 12 years since its
release in 1994, Muktir Gaan (Song
of Freedom) by Tareque & Catherine Masud was screened at Star Cineplex,
Bashundhara in Dhaka in December 2006. The event was partnered by BEGINNING in association with
AUDIOVISION. |
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