Project Detail

Eating Grass

Synopsis

A poetic and compelling 16mm film shot in London, Karachi and Lahore which encompasses five stories relating to the times of day for Muslim prayer. The work explores overlaps between time, memory and location. Connecting different places and people through images and sounds, Eating Grass contains documentary footage accompanied by a voiceover in both Urdu and English. The textures of individual voices continually slip from one language to another, creating and repeating rhythms. Meaning is not only conveyed by what is said but also by building tonal rhythmical cadences, similar musical structures to those found in jazz or Indian classical music.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 23 mins
Format: 16mm, Beta SP, DigiBeta, Kodak
Director: Alia Syed
Producer: Tanya Syed, Maheen Zia
Editor: Alia Syed
Screenwriter: Alia Syed
Director of Photography: Noski Deville
Sound: Maheen Zia

Genre

Experimental Woman Director Asian Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Alia Syed

20 Brocklehurst Street
London

Sales Company

Lux

3rd Floor
18-26 Shacklewell Lane
London
E8 2EZ
UK

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