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GRAMNet Film Series Launch
Wednesday 23rd February 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Welcome to the first instalment of the GRAMNet / BEMIS 2022 Film Series. As the series continues in its digital format, we ask to you join us in celebrating World Social Justice Day by watching Anam Abbas’ powerful documentary, This Stained Dawn, which chronicles the lead up to the multi-city Aurat March (Women’s March) in Pakistan.
The film is available to watch for a 24hr rental period, from the 22nd of February on our Vimeo On Demand platform. Head here and use our promo code ‘GRAMNet’ at the checkout to rent This Stained Dawn for free. You will need a Vimeo account to watch, which is free and quick to set up, you only need a valid email address.
Join us on Zoom here at 6PM GMT on the 23rd of February, to attend the live Q&A with special guests Moneeza Ahmed, one of the activists featured in the film, and Mehwish Rani, a former Glasgow PGR and winner of Glasgow University’s ‘Future World Changer’ awards in 2019.
This Stained Dawn
Documentary: Pakistan, (2021) | Director: Anam Abbas | Running Time: 1hr29m
Languages: Urdu, English | Subtitles: English
Detailing the preparation of the multi-city Aurat March (Women’s March) in Pakistan, This Stained Dawn tells the story of a feminist movement asserting itself in the country’s urban spaces through the eyes of the march’s organisers. Karachi’s feminists come up against Pakistan’s state, media and radical religious right. Filmmaker Anam Abbas follows the march’s organisers as they negotiate a deeply surveilled, paranoia-inducing, and often physically violent space in the hopes of spurring a revolution. A philosophical work, This Stained Dawn is not just about the Aurat March, but about the act of political organising itself.