Child of Empire
Synopsis
As our world strains under the weight of unprecedented global migration and colonial extraction, this animated virtual reality documentary immerses participants in one of the largest forced migrations in human history: the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.
CHILD OF EMPIRE takes audiences through a deeply personal perspective of this epic historical event. Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora, an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed, a Pakistani Muslim who made the opposite journey — share childhood memories of their experiences while playing a board game.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - New Frontier - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 16 min
- Format
- VR
- Director
- Sparsh Ahuja, Erfan Saadati, Stephen Stephenson, Omi Zola Gupta
- Producer
- Sam Dalrymple, Saadia Gardezi
- Executive Producer
- Lisa Marie Russo, Elodie Maillet Storm, Erica Garber, Liz Rosenthal, Sharon McHallum, Mirko M. Scolari
- Screenwriter
- Omi Zola Gupta
- Music
- Vasundhara Gupta, Amira Gill
- Animation
- Vlad Stoenescu, Adrian Neacşu, Alexandra Nița, Elena Butura, Ana Buretea, Eduard Dan
- Production Associate
- Jayosmita Ganguly, Ollie Cameron, Ludo Fraser-Taliente, Tanya Sujan, Farzana Qureshi
- Production Partner
- Happy Finish
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 8th December 2022
