Madiha Aijaz’s observational documentary on public libraries in Karachi, Pakistan, provides an entry point into present-day Karachi, where irredeemable changes feel imminent. While the libraries become a bastion for the literary tradition of Urdu, their frequent visitors lament the increasing dominance of English – a residual reminder of colonialism, partition and the ‘globalising’ present. Wrapped in quiet solitude, seated readers are shown hiding away from the hustle and bustle of urban life that can be seen outside.
Last May record temperatures provoked a GLOF or glacial lake outburst flood in northern Pakistan, sw...
Toute la mémoire du monde is a documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents th...
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequenc...
DRONE is a documentary about the covert CIA drone war. Through voices on both sides of this new tech...
Touted as a symbol of modernity and democracy, Benazir Bhutto became synonymous with corruption and ...
Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines am...
Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in...
Outlawed in Pakistan tells the story of Kainat Soomro as she takes her rape case to Pakistan's deepl...
In the remote valleys of the Hindu Kush live the Kalash people, the smallest ethnic minority in Paki...
An expedition film in the form of a multi-voice travel diary, where all emotions pass through the sp...
UNESCO Memory of the World: Explore the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica’s new home with 25,000+ r...
After the United States mounted a covert mission to eliminate America's number-one terrorist target,...
A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's ...
Every year hundreds of people - mostly women - are attacked with acid in Pakistan. Follow several of...
An Iranian diplomat who miraculously survived Taliban's raid on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sha...
Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) are people who hold a public function and as a result, present hi...
Following a group of climbers attempting to climb K2 in 2009, on the 100-year anniversary of its lan...
Sarah Kamya is a school counselor in New York City. She began the project Little Diverse Libraries o...
Sixteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for being outspoken about her ...
Social media superstar Qandeel Baloch pushed boundaries in conservative Pakistan like no other. In 2...