Joined Film Fatales
Absolutely thrilled to join Film Fatales! Film Fatales is a non profit which advocates for parity in the film industry and supports an inclusive community of hundreds of women and...
Interview with AsianCultureVulture.com
An interview with AsianCultureVulture.com about our documentary film, A Thin Wall, which will be available to watch in the UK, as a way to mark the independence of Pakistan and...
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Experimental Short Film: Le Mot Juste [Part One]
In 2021, Mara Ahmed’s Le Mot Juste [Part One] was selected for a juried exhibition by the South Asia Institute in Chicago. Diasporic Rhizome, their first virtual exhibition, ran from...
A Thin Wall: A Photo Essay by Surbhi Dewan
This photo essay, based on the film, was written by Surbhi Dewan for India@70: Memories & Histories August 15, 2017 ... A THIN WALL is a documentary film co-produced by...
Review of A Thin Wall by Filmmaker Neal Dhand
Mara Ahmed’s A Thin Wall is a personal, engrossing documentary, that manages to somehow look at Partition without focusing on violent images. I know both director Ahmed, and producer Surbhi...
Review of A Thin Wall by @IND.IGENOUS
Filmmaker Mara Ahmed’s documentary, ‘A Thin Wall’ is a haunting and thought-provoking account of the partition. Strung together are stories, memories and experiences of those who suffered, leaving behind what...
VIDEO: Zoom Live with the Makers of A Thin Wall
Kriti Film Club organized a Zoom Q&A as part of their 'Weekend Watch' streaming of A THIN WALL with filmmakers Mara Ahmed and Surbhi Dewan, on Sunday August 16, 2020.
Dividing the Indivisible: Revisiting Partition
Namrata Joshi: There is a poignant moment in Pakistani-American filmmaker Mara Ahmed’s documentary, A Thin Wall, when Jitender Sethi, grand aunt of the film’s Indian co-producer, Surbhi Dewan, talks about...
Negative Portrayals of American Muslims in Mainstream Media
Since 9/11, American Muslims face increasing stigmatization and may be subject to a growing backlash from American news media and the broader public. New findings indicate that media coverage of...
Borderless: A Conversation with Mara Ahmed – Part 2
Ahmed’s “The Injured Body” is now set to be completed amid one of the largest racial protest movements in recent history. She says it “is a response to this political...