Screenings
Project Dastaan – Child of Empire
Child of Empire, an animated virtual-reality (VR) docu-drama experience, immerses viewers in one of the largest forced migrations in human history.
1947 Partition of India and Pakistan
The film takes audiences through a deeply personal perspective of this epic historical event. Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora (voiced by Adil Hussain), an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed (voiced by Salman Shahid), a Pakistani Muslim who made the opposite journey — share childhood memories of their experiences while playing a board game. As the two men unpack their memories, audiences embody the experience of a seven-year-old child at key points in the migration.
Child of Empire offers a powerful counter-narrative that lends a fresh perspective on the effects of forced migration on everyday individuals. Child of Empire is directly inspired by real life accounts of three Partition witnesses from both sides of the border.
The experience lasts for approximately 20 minutes. To pre-book a slot, please email Phil.Owen@arnolfini.org.uk
A Project Dastaan and Anzu Films production.
www.projectdastaan.org
The film takes audiences through a deeply personal perspective of this epic historical event. Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora (voiced by Adil Hussain), an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed (voiced by Salman Shahid), a Pakistani Muslim who made the opposite journey — share childhood memories of their experiences while playing a board game. As the two men unpack their memories, audiences embody the experience of a seven-year-old child at key points in the migration.
Child of Empire offers a powerful counter-narrative that lends a fresh perspective on the effects of forced migration on everyday individuals. Child of Empire is directly inspired by real life accounts of three Partition witnesses from both sides of the border.
The experience lasts for approximately 20 minutes. To pre-book a slot, please email Phil.Owen@arnolfini.org.uk
A Project Dastaan and Anzu Films production.
www.projectdastaan.org
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