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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