Child of Empire (2022)

Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora, an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed, a Pakistani Muslim who made the opposite journey — share childhood memories of their experiences while playing a board game. As the two men unpack their memories, audiences embody the experience of a 7-year-old child at key points in the migration. Child of Empire offers a powerful counter-narrative that lends a fresh perspective on the effects of forced migration on everyday individuals.

Released

2022-06-15

Genres

Animation, Documentary

Runtime

17 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Sparsh Ahuja, Stephen Stephenson, Erfan Saadati, Omi Zola Gupta