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Full Record for Film No. 229


Title:Majdhar
Director 1:Ahmed A. Jamal
Country:UK
Year:1983
length:74 min
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:TV drama
Screenwriter:Ahmed A. Jamal
Cinematographer:Philip Chavannes
Editor:John Dinwoodie
Producer:Mahmood Jamal
Production company:Retake Film Collective
Cast:Rita Wolf, Tony Wredden, Feroza Syal, Andrew Johnson
Location:Not available
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Synopsis:Fauzia came from Pakistan to join her westernized husband in England. The marriage does not work out, and eventually the husband abandons Fauzia in favor of his white girlfriend. Although expected to return to Pakistan, Fauzia decides to stay in Britain. The film shows her isolation, her - often ambivalent - process of 'assimilation' and the decisions she has to make, among others concerning her pregnancy.
Keyword 1:Asian
Keyword 2:women
Keyword 3:gender
Keyword 4:pregnancy
Keyword 5:workplace
Keyword 6:mixed-race relationship
Keyword 7:white
Keyword 8:tradition
Keyword 9:assimilation
Keyword 10:patriarchy
Keyword 11:isolation
Keyword 12:Pakistani

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