Aisha Gazdar

Filmography

Roz-Qaza: Hibakusha Ki Aapbeti
(2003, 30 mins)
[Urdu-Japanese] based on the true experiences of an atomic bomb survivor who visited Pakistan and India after both countries tested their nuclear devices in 1998. The survivors of the atomic bomb, called hibakushas, were horrified to find that there had been celebrations on the streets of India and Pakistan spurred by the governments of both countries. Taking the experience of Myuki Kamezawa on the terrible day of August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, the film re-enacts her story with a regional context. What happened in Hiroshima on that day could happen in Pakistan or India and the re-enactments symbolize such a tragic happening. Her experience, heart-rending and tragic, is depicted through a mix of dramatatisation and documentary footage.