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Zohra

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 project
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
Composer
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

Categories

Fiction Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9UB
UK

www.lfs.org.uk

Sales Company

www.ouatmedia.com

488 Wellington Street West
Suite 100
Toronto, ON
M5V 1E3 CANADA

T +1 416 979 7380

miguel.ortega@ouatmedia.com

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