National News

ISLAMABAD,(MILLAT+APP): British Council will launch a short
film in collaboration with Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Films during August
2017 in connection with 70th anniversary of Pakistan’s Independence.
The film intends to explore migration between the United
Kingdom and Pakistan since 1947, said a news release issued here.
It will focus on telling families’ stories and will examine
how understandings of the period of Partition and Independence
affect subsequent generations’ cultural understandings and
identities.
This exciting project will explore the rich and complex
relationship between the UK and Pakistan through personal
narratives.
The film would explore how family histories of migration
affect peoples’ relationships to their ancestor’s `home’ countries
and to their own countries- in this case, how grandparents’ or
parents’ experiences of migration from Pakistan to the UK around
1947 are perceived and internalised.
The film will explore several distinct family stories- it will
aim to feature several diverse stories, including stories of
families who migrated to the UK but who have since returned to
Pakistan.