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Khayal Darpan: a screening and discussion with filmmaker Yousuf Saeed

Event Date and Time:

September 25, 2012
6:00pm

Location:

Dept of Cinema Studies, Michelson Theater
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003

Khayal Darpan (A Mirror of Imagination) (2007, 100 min.) is a feature-length film exploring the development of classical music in Pakistan post-1947. Featuring many famous Khayal singers, the film is a unique exploration by an Indian filmmaker on how classical music was re-interpreted in Pakistan to suit its Islamic national identity.
www.khayaldarpan.info/


Yousuf Saeed is an independent filmmaker, author and archivist of random ephemera based in Delhi, India.
www.yousufsaeed.blogspot.in/


This event is free and open to the public.
Seating is limited and is available first-come, first-seated.

 

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