Kala Pul North American premiere

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Who: Black Crow Productions and Third I San Francisco South Asian Film Festival

What: Kala Pul – The Black Bridge, a 40-minute narrative by Saqib Mausoof

When and Where: Thursday, November 13^th, 2008, 7:00 pm at Brava Theater

(San Francisco CA) October 23, 2008 -- Witness an authentic representation of three days in the lives the inhabitants of Karachi, a teeming metropolis of over fifteen million and the largest city in Pakistan, a frontline state in the war on terrorism. The film has been reviewed as "Karachi born writer Saqib Mausoof has taken a different route with Kala Pul – The Black Bridge producing results not unlike Satiyajit Ray’s Distant Thunder”

 The plot resolves around Arsalan, a fugitive, who returns to his native Karachi, to investigate the violent death of his younger brother, blamed on religious fundamentalists. In the ensuing days he discovers that in a post 9/11 world the gritty megalopolis sits on the fault line of modernity and militancy.

 Kala Pul is produced by bay area producer Muder Kothari and was shot in 2006 by Oscar nominated Director of Photography Markus Huersch on location in Karachi, Pakistan. It features the music of Dr Das, founding member of Asian Dub Foundation, Janaka Selekta and various Pakistani ghazal singers. Post production for Kala Pul is done by San Francisco based Zoetrope Aubry productions. 

Tickets can be ordered online at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/193281109 or purchased at door for $10. 

Additional information at kalapul.com