We are excited to launch our Indiegogo campaign to fund the completion of our film Partition Stories, a feature length documentary about memory, truth and the possibility of reconciliation. It focuses on a unique event (the partition of India) but derives lessons that remain urgently relevant today. The film is also a work of art infused with original animation, music and literary writing. We need your support to complete it!
The film has already been shot in Pakistan, India and the US. We are now in the process of editing the film. Post-production is crucial, as this is when hours of footage metamorphose into a cogent film. It is also the costliest part of filmmaking. We need your help to complete Partition Stories in 2014.
Our Indiegogo campaign is live now (as of April 15) and will run until May 25, 2014.
Contributions start at $15. Each and every contribution is welcome! Every level of participation comes with exciting rewards. Here is a link to our campaign with detailed information including trailer, film’s background, rewards, our creative team, and much more.
If you cannot support this project financially, please spread the word through email and social media. We invite you to comment and share your own stories about the partition of India, but also about the immigrant experience in general, about the dislocation of identity, geography, language and culture. Our Tumblr blog and Facebook page are meant to advance such dialogue by bringing multiple communities together in one safe and vibrant space. Thank you!
Partition Stories is co-produced by Mara Ahmed and Surbhi Dewan, both are descendants of families torn apart by partition – one ended up in India, the other in Pakistan.
