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Full Record for Film No. 22


Title:Kala Pani (Black Tracks)
Director 1:Sonali Fernando
Country:UK
Year:1996
length:20 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:short film, documentary
Screenwriter:
Cinematographer:
Editor:Munni Kabir
Producer:Barbara Nicholls
Production company:Peripheral Vision Production/Arts Council
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:22
Synopsis:The film traces the story of the Muslim inhabitants of the Isle of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) and in particular of Nazir Ahmed and his family who came to Scotland after the partition of India and Pakistan. "Kala Pani" also explores how two forms of cultural expression - Gaelic and Punjabi music and language - mediate the identities of the island's varied community.
Keyword 1:Scotland
Keyword 2:family
Keyword 3:community
Keyword 4:migration
Keyword 5:music
Keyword 6:Pakistani
Keyword 7:Asian
Keyword 8:first generation
Keyword 9:second generation
Keyword 10:youth

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