Milaap documentary film features the story of three women and the stories of their lives being impacted due to negligent urban rural planning and its consequences to the river and the sea.

The documentary is a visual investigation to open questions about the significance of land and water protection in times of climate crisis but also to provide deeper insight into the rich local shared inherited knowledge which continues to advocate towards living with water, as an ally, in a counter push back towards external development decisions as a form of future’. The documentary film aims to talk about environmental degradation, land rights, human / non-human epistemologies through poems, songs and inherited knowledge.

‘Milaap’ is an urdu word that translates to ‘Union’.

The documentary is an academic study as well as archival of various water prayers and songs from different geographic coordinates along the water terrain. The film discusses milaap, from the perspective of decay and ruptured union.

The duration of the documentary is 30 minutes with five songs and extensive interviews, recorded on-location.

Creative & Research Partners: 

Marvi Mazhar (Architect & Spatial Advocate), Abuzar Madhu (Performing Artist, Researcher, Environmental Activist) & Zohaib Kazi (Composer, lyricist, and record producer)

Milaap

Creative partners: Marvi Mazhar, Abuzar Madhu, Zohaib Kazi

Run time: 30 mins.

Production year: 2023

Language:  English, Urdu, Siraiki Waseb, and Sindhi (with English subtitles)

Countries: Pakistan, United Kingdom

Documentary short