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Indus Blues.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South Asia: Indian Subcontinent.
- Pakistanis.
- Musical genres.
- Music history.
- Cultural life.
- Pakistan.
- Local Subjects:
- South Asia: Indian Subcontinent.
- Pakistanis.
- Musical genres.
- Music history.
- Cultural life.
- Pakistan.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (76 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A multi-layered and moving portrait of Pakistan’s folk music scene, its veteran musicians and instrument craftsmen who are barely surviving in an indifferent society. The film poignantly asks: is there room for traditional music in a nation embroiled in social, political and religious upheaval, along with the pressures of the colonizing pop industry? Taking us on a 1,500 km colorful journey along the Indus river in search of some of the oldest forms of music, Indus Blues serves to document these vital artistic treasures so that they are not lost from our collective memory. Jawad Sharif is an award-winning filmmaker from Pakistan, known for his signature visual storytelling style. He has worked on several socially and culturally sensitive film projects on human rights. Sharif is an alumnus of the Swedish Institute and Institut Fur Auslandsbeziehunge, Germany plus sits on the jury of the Jaipur Library Academy Awards, India. Indus Blues is his first feature documentary.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 16, 2025).
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