DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT | Directed by: Sabiha Sumar, Produced by: S. Sathananthan | |
Directors Sabiha Sumar and Sachithanandam Sathananthan sit down with President Pervez Musharraf to address the army generalšs plans to establish democracy in Pakistan.
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S. Sathananthan and Sabiha Sumar
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Sabiha Sumar, Director Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Sabiha Sumar studied filmmaking and political science at Sarah Lawrence College in New York and history and political thought at the University of Cambridge. She has directed both documentaries and narrative films that have won worldwide acclaim. S. Sathananthan, Producer S. Sathananthan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and read for the PhD degree at the University of Cambridge. He co-founded Vidhi Films and has produced several documentaries that have played important national and international roles in catalyzing social change. His films include Suicide Warriors, a documentary about the female suicide brigade of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; On The Roofs Of Delhi, a short film about the dreams and aspirations of a poor 14-year-old girl; and Khamosh Pani/Silent Waters, a feature film about the growth of Islamic extremism in Pakistan. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2003. Read more about the film >> View more filmmakers >> |
