Zohra
Pavlos Neocleous/ Harald Beeker
Synopsis
Zohra is a coming of age short film about family independence and growing up. Based on a real event – in 1960 it follows the an 18 year girl, Zohra, from Karachi to London. Under pressure from her brothers, looking for “a better life at her Majesty’s invitation” Zohra arrives in Britain. She soon realises the chasm of culture between and the England and the rest of the world and how it can be bridged. The film is based on the true experiences of young settler, Zohra Naseem Akhtar Bem, in sixties London who was a leading figure for race relations in the seventies.
Details
- Year
- 2008
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 15 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Kemal Akhtar
- Producer
- Kemal Akhtar, Farrah Drabu
- Editor
- Han Jong Lee
- Screenwriter
- Kemal Akhtar
- Director of Photography
- Pavlos Neocleous
- Production Designer
- Ian Hammond
- Sound
- Surinder Singh
- Music
- Tandis Jenhudson
- Principal Cast
- David Brooks, Fagun Thakrar, Rez Kabir, Shawn Kan, Nigel McCrery, Larissa Ivanova, Terry Victor
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 16th November 2009
