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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

Genre

Experimental Music Asian Black Comedy Drama Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9UB
UK

www.lfs.org.uk

Sales Company

www.ouatmedia.com

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Toronto, ON
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