UNB, Dhaka :
A private screening of the Bengali version of Canadian filmmaker Cathy Stevulak’s award-winning documentary on the ancient indigenous art of Nakshi Kantha, ‘THREADS’, was held at the residence of Enayetullah Khan, Honorary Consul of Romania in Dhaka, in the city’s Baridhara area on Saturday. Cosmos Foundation arranged the screening event in the evening.
Noted economist Rehman Sobhan, former diplomat Farooq Sobhan, French Ambassador in Dhaka Sophie Aubert, South Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Ahn Seong-doo, renowned jurist Dr Kamal Hossain, noted political scientist Rounaq Jahan, UNB Chairman Amanullah Khan, Cosmos Foundation Chairman Enayetullah Khan, The Daily Observer Associate Editor Syed Badrul Ahsan, UNB Director (Digital and Strategy) Nahar Khan, ‘THREADS’ Director Cathy Stevulak, Producer Leonard Hill and Music Director Tanveer Alam Shawjeeb, UNB Chief News Editor Mahfuzur Rahman, Cosmos Foundation Adviser Zain Al Mahmood and UNB Digital Editor Maria Salam were, among others, present.
Enayetullah Khan, also Editor-in-Chief of UNB, is the executive producer of the Bengali version of the documentary, while UNB and Dhaka Courier are the media partners.
Meanwhile, the documentary supported by the Cosmos Foundation will be screened at the National Museum in the city on Sunday.
‘THREADS’ is an intimate portrait of 85-year-old Bengali artiste, Surayia Rahman, who transformed the quilt-work tradition of Kantha to create possibilities for a better life for her family and hundreds of destitute mothers in Bangladesh. Over three decades, as their art becomes prized possessions of connoisseurs around the world, Surayia Rahman and the artisans overcome their hardships with the needle and the thread, stitch by stitch.
‘THREADS’ takes us on a journey into the heart of an artiste and illuminates an unconventional path to dignity and independence.
The original version of ‘THREADS’ has won three international awards-Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto; Friday Harbor Film Festival and Audience Choice-as the best short documentary.
Catherine Masud is the co-producer of the documentary while late Mishuk Munier the cinematographer.
A private screening of the Bengali version of Canadian filmmaker Cathy Stevulak’s award-winning documentary on the ancient indigenous art of Nakshi Kantha, ‘THREADS’, was held at the residence of Enayetullah Khan, Honorary Consul of Romania in Dhaka, in the city’s Baridhara area on Saturday. Cosmos Foundation arranged the screening event in the evening.
Noted economist Rehman Sobhan, former diplomat Farooq Sobhan, French Ambassador in Dhaka Sophie Aubert, South Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Ahn Seong-doo, renowned jurist Dr Kamal Hossain, noted political scientist Rounaq Jahan, UNB Chairman Amanullah Khan, Cosmos Foundation Chairman Enayetullah Khan, The Daily Observer Associate Editor Syed Badrul Ahsan, UNB Director (Digital and Strategy) Nahar Khan, ‘THREADS’ Director Cathy Stevulak, Producer Leonard Hill and Music Director Tanveer Alam Shawjeeb, UNB Chief News Editor Mahfuzur Rahman, Cosmos Foundation Adviser Zain Al Mahmood and UNB Digital Editor Maria Salam were, among others, present.
Enayetullah Khan, also Editor-in-Chief of UNB, is the executive producer of the Bengali version of the documentary, while UNB and Dhaka Courier are the media partners.
Meanwhile, the documentary supported by the Cosmos Foundation will be screened at the National Museum in the city on Sunday.
‘THREADS’ is an intimate portrait of 85-year-old Bengali artiste, Surayia Rahman, who transformed the quilt-work tradition of Kantha to create possibilities for a better life for her family and hundreds of destitute mothers in Bangladesh. Over three decades, as their art becomes prized possessions of connoisseurs around the world, Surayia Rahman and the artisans overcome their hardships with the needle and the thread, stitch by stitch.
‘THREADS’ takes us on a journey into the heart of an artiste and illuminates an unconventional path to dignity and independence.
The original version of ‘THREADS’ has won three international awards-Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto; Friday Harbor Film Festival and Audience Choice-as the best short documentary.
Catherine Masud is the co-producer of the documentary while late Mishuk Munier the cinematographer.
