BENGAL MEMORY

Directed By Fahim Hamid

Bangladesh, USA | Documentary | 33 min

A Bangladeshi American undertakes a journey to learn about the liberation war in his native country, traveling there for the first time in nearly two decades, and uncovering the controversial role the U.S. played in a forgotten genocide that occurred there over 50 years ago. From 1971 to the present day, this is a story of Bangladesh’s independence, a family’s journey immigrating to America, and the cognitive dissonance of a person belonging to both homelands. Driven by interviews with his father and other family members, along with experts and witnesses, archival videos, declassified recordings, and animations, BENGAL MEMORY is a unique and untold oral history through a personal lens.

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    1. Violence

    2. English, Bengali

    3. English

    4. 2024

    5. 33 minutes

    6. Documentary

    7. Bangladesh, USA

      8. Fahim Hamid


      Born in Bangladesh and raised in Brooklyn, Fahim studied theatre at Boston University and worked as an actor for several years. Traveling around the country and the world, Fahim performed in various television, film, and theatre productions. After a brief stint in social and political activism and producing commercials, he shifted toward filmmaking and studied at Hunter College’s Integrated Media Arts MFA program. His award-winning documentary, County, can be watched on PBS.

      9. Fahim Hamid

      10. Fahim Hamid

      11. Mohammed Hamid

        Mofidul Hoque

        Meghna Guhathakurtha

        Salil Tripathi

      12. Dylan Hirsh

        Ifti Chowdhury

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