Darwish
by Shafeeq Vellani
Synopsis:
In this portrait of spiritual and physical journeying, from a Sufi perspective, a young boy, his taxi-driving father and wool-spinning grandfather wander through the British Landscape.
Also featured are the music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the mesmerizing whirling of a dervish (a literal translation from the Persain word Darwish "the threshold of the door"), and a poem by Rumi, the founder of the whirling dervishes.
"Darwish complicates initial perceptions of a mini-cab driver with scenes that allude to traditional Sufi dancing and nomadism." Time Out, London
Details:
| Year | 1994 |
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| Duration | 13 minutes |
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| Screening format | 16mm and Beta SP |
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| Audio | Yes |
| Colour / B&W | Colour |
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Screening history:
Broadcast on HTV, 08 May 1994
03 February 1996
Verse on Screen, Northern Poetry Library, Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham, UK
Awards:
2nd prize for best film at EUROfest European Minority Cultures Film Festival
Credits:
Funded by the British Film Institute, South West Arts and AVESE.
Artists
Shafeeq Vellani
Shafeeq Vellani is a filmmaker and the co-founder of Picture This Moving Image. Shafeeq has made shorts, television documentaries and dramas, and