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Karachi’s feminists organise a woman’s march, coming up against Pakistan’s radical religious right, and negotiating a deeply surveilled, paranoia-inducing, and often physically violent space in the hopes of a revolution. A philosophical work, This Stained Dawn is not just about the march, but about the act of political organising itself.

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Section 298

Pakistan | 2022

Illegal by birth and persecuted to death, a minority community in Pakistan fights for survival and justice within a system that denies and threatens their existence. Told through the eyes of three persecuted female Ahmadiyya, Section 298 unveils the realities of life under Pakistan's deadliest law.

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Still Standing

Pakistan | 2021

As the homeland of the Indus-Valley Civilisation, the Sindh region of Pakistan is one of the cradles of human civilisation. It was also the only region of Pakistan left undivided by the Partition of 1947. That same year, the Sindhi Diaspora emerged: Sindhi Hindus fled Pakistan for India and other countries, while Muslims from all over India fled into Pakistan, with large numbers reaching Sindh. …

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War, Lies and Hashtags: Pakistan's…

Pakistan | 2020

In February 2019, an Indian airstrike in Pakistan brought the two nations to the brink of war. With social media weaponised, Pakistani 'alt-right' troll Dr Farhan Virk led the charge against India.

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Freedom Fighters

Pakistan | 2019

Pakistan ranks as one of the most dangerous countries for women. This beautifully filmed report goes on the road with a former child bride, an elite police officer and a labor rights activist, shot through with animated testimony.

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Zahida

Pakistan | 2019

Pakistan's first female taxi driver meets systemic barriers round every bend. Hustling on the dusty roads of Rawalpindi, a portrait emerges of a working woman's persistence in modern day Pakistan.

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Pakistan's Polio War

Pakistan | 2016

The CIA's use of polio vaccinations to find Osama bin Laden in 2011 has bred mistrust among many Pakistanis. While the country's polio cases remain the world's highest, over 33 vaccine workers have been killed in the last five years.

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The E-Waste Curse

Pakistan | 2016

Pakistan has become an illegal dumping ground for some of the 50 million tons of e-waste created each year. Karachi's poor earn a living from the toxic detritus, but the vicious cycle of consumption could prove fatal.