Documentary Film, 15 minutes, 2011
At the turn of the 20th century, Sana Bilgrami’s great-grandfather travelled to Edinburgh from India to study medicine. A hundred years later, coincidentally living in Edinburgh herself, the filmmaker pieces together fragments of memory and archive to invoke a forgotten story of love and sorrow.
Showing until October 2012 at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, in the ‘Migration Stories: Pakistan’ exhibition.
Credits
Director, producer, camera and editor
Sana Bilgrami
Music
Original Music, written and performed by John Need
‘Kesariya Balam’ by Allah Jilai Bai Bikaner, Courtesy of Saregama Plc
Translations
Naveed Riaz and Sana Bilgrami
Additional Camera and Photography
John Need
Graphics
Paul Shade
Sound Dub
Robert Walker
Production company
ROOM NINETEEN