Indus Blues (2018)

Directed by

Jawad Sharif

Genre

documentary, music

Country

Pakistan

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about traditional musical instruments in Pakistan that are disappearing. It follows the musicians and craftsmen who are trying to keep their instruments and music alive.

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What happens

Indus Blues is a 2018 Pakistani documentary film produced and directed by filmmaker Jawad Sharif. The film is about the dying folk and classical musical instruments of Pakistan and the struggle of musicians and craftsmen to keep their art alive. The film was premiered in August 2018 at Regina International Film Festival in Canada and nominated for the Best International Documentary Film Award. The official trailer was released in October 2018 in Pakistan. The film has won several awards in the international film festival circuit including the Grand Jury Prize for the Crystal Award at Guam International Film Festival 2018 and the Best Documentary Feature and Best Cinematography Awards at the Jaipur International Film Festival. The film was selected for the CPH:DOX Documentary Film Festival 2019, Denmark (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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