About Mara Ahmed
Mara Ahmed has lived and been educated in Belgium, Pakistan and the United States. She has an MBA and another Master's degree in Economics. She worked in corporate finance for...
Our Film Team
At Neelum Films, Director and Producer Mara Ahmed works with an amazing team of cinematographers, animators, musicians and post productions houses. Learn more about that creative and technical talent.
The Muslims I Know
The events of 9/11 have created much interest in Islam and Muslims. Mainstream media have responded to this demand for information with sweeping generalizations and easy stereotypes. America’s small community...
Pakistan One on One
Pakistan is constantly in the news yet we know very little about the people of Pakistan. This short documentary tries to bridge that gap by answering the question: what does...
A Thin Wall
Rather than being a historical study, this documentary explores the Partition of India in 1947 by interviewing people on both sides of the border. It unfolds as a personal narrative...
A Thin Wall puts people’s stories at the forefront of history by Derek Scarlino, Love and Rage Media
Mara Ahmed, a Rochester-based filmmaker, has a small but notably socially conscious list of works. Her latest film, A Thin Wall, debuted at The Little Theatre in Rochester on April...
A Thin Wall – Review by Phil Ebersole
The movie is in three parts—interviews with their aging relatives and friends about the peaceful life in India before partition, then interviews about their terrible experiences during the massacres and...
VIDEO: A Thin Wall on Indymedia
Ted Forsyth from Rochester Indymedia sat down with filmmaker Mara Ahmed to discuss her new documentary "A Thin Wall" looking at the partition between Pakistan and India that was created...
Film Review: A Thin Wall by Adam Lubitow, City Newspaper
In her lyrically non-linear documentary "A Thin Wall," local filmmaker Mara Ahmed focuses on the lingering effects of the partitioning of India in 1947. Filmed on each side of the...
Documentary Filmmaking Is Now Investigative Journalism: Mara Ahmed
While most independent filmmakers consider documentary films as the poor cousins of commercial feature films, they use this format of filmmaking as a stepping stone to enter the larger film...