About this event
Torrential monsoon rains triggered the most severe flooding in Pakistan’s recent history, washing away villages and leaving around 3.4 million children in need of assistance and at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition. As floodwaters slowly recede, the sheer scale of damage is being revealed. Hundreds of thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed, while many public health facilities, water systems and schools have been destroyed or damaged. Young children are living out in the open with their families, with no drinking water, no food, and no livelihood, exposed to a wide range of new flood-related risks and hazards, including from damaged buildings and drowning in floodwaters. (UNICEF).
Amidst this devastation, underserviced community groups such as trans people are being sidestepped in relief and rehabilitation efforts . In addition to this, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018 which gave transgender people in Pakistan the right to choose their gender identity as they perceived it themselves and to change it on previously issued government documents is under attack by rightwing groups who oppose the law on the basis of being unislamic. It is of urgent importance to support the community. All proceeds generated from the screening will be directed towards these efforts.
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This Stained Dawn (2021) is a film by Anam Abbas about 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.
Anam Abbas is a Pakistan based Pakistani/Canadian filmmaker. As a producer and DOP her first feature "Showgirls of Pakistan", premiered in competition at IDFA 2020 and was released globally by VICE. “This Stained Dawn” is her debut feature as a Director. She is also one of the founders of the Documentary Association of Pakistan (DAP).
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