This courageous and moving award-winning film on the Partition of India evokes both painful memories and raises powerful issues, which continue to trouble the sub-continent. Lyrically shot on both sides of the Indo-Pak border, with a strong local ethos communicated through the music, the language and the people, the film should be watched both by those who care about the legacy of the Partition as well those trying to understand the complexities of fighting wars in those lands. Watch the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK26DWH78co
Director’s Biography
Award-winning artist Sarah Singh was born in India into the Patiala Royal Family and spends her time primarily between New York and South Asia.
SarahSinghHer work has been exhibited all over the world including the V&A Museum, Asian Civilizations Museum, Foreign Policy Association, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Oxford, Stanford, Asia Society, and many other venerable locations. Sarah is the recipient of numerous grants for her photography and film work including most recently the Hari Sharma Foundation and a National Endowment for Humanities Grant. She is currently completing a feature film, A MILLION RIVERS, which is set in India and Pakistan starring Om Puri and Lillete Dubey. Her prior award-winning film is the critically-acclaimed documentary on Partition, The Sky Below
Some reviews
"...Intimate and epic, both. A strange and wondrous type of alchemy" —Dominique Nahas, Independent Art Critic
“A comprehensive look at the Indo-Pak issue” — Georgina Maddox, THE INDIAN EXPRESS
"The Sky Below is a film that will not please those who are looking for easy answers. It does, however, raise all the right questions." —Tehmina Ahmed, NEWSLINE MAGAZINE
"The Sky Below has added fresh dimensions to the long-debated Indo-Pak partition." — Aditi Tandon, THE TRIBUNE
“A powerful examination of a struggle that has become more relevant in the aftermath of Sept.11 — with the conflict over Kashmir and the possibility of nuclear war — but remains one that most Westerners still know little about.” -- Philip Chung, ASIAN WEEK
"A contemporary retelling of the myth and reality of Partition. A reclamation of the past by the present generation to move towards resolution and thus redemption... alive with raw cinematic energy, fractured narratives, and instinctual editing". -- Jury Members, Film South Asia
Followed by a Discussion with the Director of the CSH Prof. Dr. Leïla Choukroune
