Borderless: A Conversation with Mara Ahmed – Part 1
What does home mean to Mara Ahmed and where does she feel most at home were the first questions that came to my mind. “The idea of ‘home’ and what...
The Injured Body
But all our phrasing—race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways,...
List of Alternative Media
The concentration of corporate media ownership in the US, has made it more important than ever to consult alternative, non-mainstream media in order to be well-informed about what’s going on...
Mara Ahmed’s Unwavering Lens by E. C. Salibian
Ahmed today is making a new documentary with the working title “The Injured Body.” The film was inspired by the book “Citizen: An American Lyric,” by the poet Claudia Rankine....
Reilly Hirst on A Thin Wall
Poet, philosopher and Rochester-based activist Reilly Hirst pens a review of A Thin Wall: A Thin Wall is a lush and important documentary. Deftly and tenderly handled, it is a...
Indian, Pakistani: Why Two Women Felt Compelled To Make This Partition Documentary
Many people have asked me over the years how Surbhi Dewan and I came together to make A Thin Wall, an intensely personal film about the partition of India. Here...
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Connections with Evan Dawson: Filmmaker Mara Ahmed on Borders and Nationalism
A poll conducted in the aftermath of the Charlottesville rallies found that while few Americans will outwardly express support for white nationalism or racially-charged ideas, more than 30 percent say...
Rashna Batliwala Singh on A Thin Wall
Beautiful commentary and analysis by Rashna Batliwala Singh, Visiting Professor, Department of English, who saw A Thin Wall at Colorado College on Jan 30, 2018: Most films about the partitioning...
Kathryn Myers on A Thin Wall
On Nov 8, 2017 A Thin Wall was screened at the Human Rights Film Festival at UConn. The post-screening Q&A with director Mara Ahmed was conducted by Professor Kathryn Myers,...
Uzma Aslam Khan on A Thin Wall
Pakistani novelist Uzma Aslam Khan, whose work is included in A Thin Wall, introduced the film in these words at the screening at Hampshire College in April 2017: I’m thrilled...