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Films
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Region
“South Asia”
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Directors
“Arif-Bashir, Abeera”
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Series
“Shorts Collection 2”
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Country of production
“Pakistan”
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Year of production
“2020”
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Status
“A”
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films with a digital version
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short films
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films available on demand
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Region
South Asia
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Country
Pakistan
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Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
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Music/Ethnomusicology
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Social Change
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Urban
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Directors
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
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Cooper, Timothy
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Series
Shorts Collection 2
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Country of production
Pakistan
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Year of production
2020
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Film
This Is A Majlis – A Sound Essay
2020
17
‘
Directed by
Timothy Cooper
Abeera Arif-Bashir
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This short film is a multi-platform sound essay. It is primarily illustrated with still images, that conjure an atmosphere of intimacy and intensity of the majlis-e-aza, a mourning gathering central to communal worship for Shi’a Muslims. Majlis gatherings ritually commemorate the sufferings and sacrifices of the family of the Prophet Muhammad. Amongst the often-embattled Shi’a minority which account for a fifth of Pakistan’s population, these gatherings have become a daily occurrence. With the arrival of home recording technology in the early 1980s, many started to record majlis gatherings and the sermons and laments featured. Soon, their activities led to the appearance of family-run Shi’a religious media stores operating beside Muslim shrines or in Shi’a-majority neighborhoods. Such marketplace producers have helped create a distinct aesthetic of Shi’a religious media in Pakistan, where the atmospheric qualities of live recording mediate the conditions of co-presence.
South Asia
Music/Ethnomusicology
Urban
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
Social Change