Seven Hours to Burn

NEW DOCS

A visually expressive personal documentary that explores a family’s history. Filmmaker Thakur mixes richly abstract filmmaking with disturbing archival war footage to narrate the story of her Danish mother’s and Indian father’s experiences. Her mother survives Nazi-occupied Denmark while her father experiences the devastating civil war in India between Hindus and Muslims. Both emigres to Canada, they meet and marry, linking two parallel wars. Their daughter lyrically turns these two separate histories into a visually rich poem linking past and present together in a new singular identity.

Director

Shanti Thakur

Producer

Shanti Thakur

Release Year

1999

Festival Year

2000

Country

United States

Run Time

9 minutes

Premiere

World Premiere