This year, an Italian-born filmmaker, Niccolo Piazza, is preparing to release The Karakoram Anomaly, a documentary examining life, culture and heritage in Baltistan and the Hunza Valley, locations in Pakistan’s mountainous northern regions, against a broader backdrop of climate change.
Below is an interview with the director with Asia Society, highlighting the coordination of Nazir Sabir and Aga Khan Rural Support Program. Read interview at the source and watch the trailer.
Excerpt: We were greatly helped by Nazir Sabir, who met us repeatedly in Islamabad to answer any questions we might’ve had (and also kindly agreed to be interviewed on camera for the film), and his team (our guides, Rehmat and Sher Khan, our driver Nawaz and logistics supervisor, Sultan) went really out of their way to accommodate any of our requests, and came up with great suggestions of their own. It is also worth mentioning the outstanding support we got from the Agha Khan Rural Support program, who really helped us access the main forts and heritage sites across Baltistan and Hunza, and embraced our project with great enthusiasm and invaluable assistance. And I am truly grateful to the ISPR for getting our filming permissions ready in record time, given how winter was fast-approaching — which would have forced us to postpone the project by many months.
Will you be screening the documentary in Pakistan this year?
Read at the source: http://asiasociety.org/blog/
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