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  • The Unknown Bird

    The Unknown Bird

    September 11, 2011 / Art & Music, Bangladesh, Bengali, Documentary, Movie Trailers, Tanvir Mokammel

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Original Title: Achin Pakhi Released: 1996 Country: Bangladesh Director: Tanvir Mokammel Language: Bengali Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary Lalon Fakir’s impressive oeuvre of folks songs are filled with profound lyrics and have found a close following in Bangladesh and the West Bengal of India, even a hundred years after his death. Although [...]

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  • September 11, 2011 / Bangladesh, Bengali, Drama, Movie Trailers, Philosophy & Ethics, Tanvir Mokammel

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2004 Country: Bangladesh Director: Tanvir Mokammel Language: Bengali Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Drama Summary As a young man, Lalon Fakir had contracted pox while on a pilgrimage. Thinking him dead, his fellow travelers performed his funeral rites and drifted his body away on a raft. A weakened Lalon was finally washed ashore [...]

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  • A Tree Without Roots

    A Tree Without Roots

    September 11, 2011 / Bangladesh, Bengali, Drama, Movie Trailers, Religion, Tanvir Mokammel

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Original Title: Lalsalu Released: 2001 Country: Bangladesh Director: Tanvir Mokammel Language: Bengali Theme: Religion Genre: Drama Summary Majid, a traveling Mullah (religious leader), comes across a rural village in East Bengal. When he convinces the villagers that an old tomb within their village houses the remains of a holy man, they turn it into [...]

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  • Quiet Flows The River Chitra

    Quiet Flows The River Chitra

    July 7, 2011 / Bangladesh, Bengali, Drama, Ethnicity & Cultural Identity, Movie Trailers, Tanvir Mokammel

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: Chitra Nadir Pare Released: 1998 Country: Bangladesh Director: Tanvir Mokammel Language: Bengali Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Drama Summary In 1947, following the partition of India, Pakistan was formed. In East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), millions of Hindu families were forced to choose between living under Islamic rule, or abandoning the land, [...]

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