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Waiting for Sunrise Behind the Scenes

Synopsis

A detailed behind this scenes documentary. Shooting in Lahore Pakistan working with charity organisations such as Smile. This film follows the directors trek from England to Pakistan and the number of difficulties he faced trying to cover a controversial topic on Child Labour, prostitution and social deprivation. Waiting for Sunrise deals with the poor and dispossessed - and really the poorest of the poor, the lowest of the low in Pakistani (urban) society.

Details

Year
2005
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
25 mins
Format
Beta Cam
Director
Aneel Ahmad
Producer
Jaleel Ahmad, Reza Babi
Editor
Aneel Ahmad
Director of Photography
Aneel Ahmad, Hussein Mamoo
Sound
Aneel Ahmad
Music
Keith Holden, Sohail Salamat

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Aneel Ahmad

Sugar House Media
587 Stockport Road
Manchester M13 0RX
UK

aneel@wintergecko.com

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