The Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, invites friends, followers and fellow peacemongers to watch After Sabeen (60 minutes), a documentary film by filmmaker Schokofeh Kamiz about the prominent peacemonger and social entrepreneur Sabeen Mahmud who was shot dead in Karachi 10 years ago.
The film features Sabeen Mahmud’s inspiring mother Mahenaz, who was wounded in the attack that killed Sabeen. This moving and artistic film also draws on the memories and grief of Sabeen’s friends, and their ongoing efforts to continue her work and legacy. The film is available to view online until Sunday, 28 September.
The Tehran-born filmmaker Schokofeh Kamiz, based in Berlin, will be in conversation with journalist Aekta Kapoor in Delhi as part of Sapan Film Club, along with discussants filmmaker Anand Patwardhan in Mumbai, and photographer Shahidul Alam in Dhaka.
Join the conversation on Zoom:
When: Sunday, 28 September 2025
Time: 10 am ET / 3 p.m. U.K. / 4 p.m. Berlin / 7 p.m. Pakistan/ 7:30 p.m. India & Sri Lanka / 7:45 p.m. Nepal / 8 p.m. Bangladesh
SPEAKERS
Schokofeh Kamiz, filmmaker, After Sabeen
Born in Tehran, Schokofeh Kamiz moves fluidly between image and story, drawing on a background in photography and film. Her years as a journalist continue to inform a practice that has increasingly embraced research-based work. Her work is often biographical in nature, exploring the space between political-social narratives and personal realms, primarily through quiet observation.
Shahidul Alam, photographer
Photographer, writer, filmmaker, curator, institution builder and human-rights defender Shahidul Alam was Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018. New York Times listed his book The Tide Will Turn in ‘Best Art Books of 2020’. He is a National Geographic Explorer at Large.
Anand Patwardhan, filmmaker
Anand Patwardhan has been making documentary films for over five decades, pursuing issues at the crux of social and political life in India. Many of his films have been banned by state television channels and censored, rulings that Anand successfully challenged in court. Active in movements for inter-faith harmony and movements against unsustainable development, militarism, and nuclear nationalism, Anand describes himself as “a non-serious human being forced by circumstances to make serious films”. He is a co-founder and co-curator of the Vikalp@Prithvi series.
Aekta Kapoor, discussion moderator
Aekta Kapoor is a journalist and editor based in New Delhi. She is the founder of eShe, an independent digital magazine that amplifies women’s voices and stories of our shared humanity. She features in and as ‘An Unsuitable Girl’ in the documentary web series Love Storiyaan on Amazon Prime. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in media, ethics and social change from the University of Sussex, UK.
Thanks to Vikalp@Prithvi for screening After Sabeen online as part of their monthly online series in September. Vikalp@Prithvi is a collaboration of Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai, and Vikalp: Films for Freedom since February 2007, screening documentaries and short films on the last Friday of every month at Prithvi House.
This event is taking place in collaboration with Vikalp@Prithvi, the Drik Picture Library in Dhaka, and eShe magazine in Delhi.
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