Two Meetings and a Funeral (2017)
Synopsis
Two Meetings and a Funeral explores Bangladesh’s historical pivot from the socialism of the 1973 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Algeria to its ideological counterpoint, the emergence of a strong Islamic perspective at the 1974 Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) meeting in Lahore. Centred on Bangladesh’s navigation of these two historic meetings, as well as its fight for United Nations recognition (vetoed by China, acting as a proxy for Pakistan), the film considers the erosion of the idea of the Third World as a potential space for decolonialism, liberation theology and socialism. In particular, it looks at how a transnational Islamic ‘ummah’ concept was used against socialist forces.
Release Date: 2017-06-07
Runtime: 85 minutes
Director: Naeem Mohaiemen
Top Cast
- Vijay Prashad as
- Samia Zennadi as
- Zonayed Saki as
- Fidel Castro as
- Yasser Arafat as
- Indira Gandhi as
- Anwar Sadat as
- Amirul Islam as
- Atef Berredjem as
- Muammar Gaddafi as
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