Zahira Dhalwani: The Earrings (a short film) – Jubilee Arts Canada Film Festival

The official release of Zahira Dhalwani’s first short film called The Earrings, debuted during Jubilee Arts Ontario Film Festival at the Aga Khan Museum and the Ismaili Centre Toronto in 2018. It was also selected for the Jubilee Arts Canada Film Festival at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto in March 2018.

About the film:
A mother’s conviction, passion and devotion to help achieve her daughter’s aspiration, is seen through the journey of a pair of earrings (legacy), as they land in the village of New Ishwariya, Gujarat and travel across oceans and through time to Toronto, Canada. This story begins with asking the viewer the worth of this pair of earrings. The financial worth is eventually shared however, the true worth is only realized, perhaps for the first time, through this documentary, narration and storytelling. mother’s conviction, passion and devotion to help achieve her daughter’s aspiration, is seen through the journey of a pair of earrings (legacy), as they land in the village of New Ishwariya, Gujarat and travel across oceans and through time to Toronto, Canada. This story begins with asking the viewer the worth of this pair of earrings. The financial worth is eventually shared however, the true worth is only realized, perhaps for the first time, through this documentary, narration and storytelling.