Locating the Storyteller in Silent Waters: Sabiha Sumar’s Cinematic Tale of Shared Histories and Divided Identities
In her multi award-winning feature film Silent Waters (2003), Pakistani woman filmmaker Sabiha Sumar connects the socio-political traumas of the Partition of India and creation of Pakistan (1947) with the onset of military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamization period (1977-1988) in Pakistan. Pr...
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University of Pittsburgh
2021-12-01
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| Series: | CINEJ Cinema Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/426 |