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