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...
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...
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....