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A group of Pakistani musicians risk their own safety to play in this documentary co-directed by two-time Oscar winner Sharmeen...
A group of Pakistani musicians risk their own safety to play in this documentary co-directed by two-time Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
"Since the time of Pakistan's independence, the city of Lahore was world-renowned for its music. Then with the Islamisation of Pakistan in the 1970s, many of Lahore's most accomplished and celebrated musicians struggled to continue their life's work. Song of Lahore turns the spotlight on a group of brave musicians that kept on playing." (Tribeca Film Festival)
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"Obaid-Chinoy and Schocken prove eager to their docu into an outright concert film, and as the camera rhythmically cuts between the darkly clad Marsalis boys and the white-robed Pakistanis, their contrapuntal styles naturally bringing down the house."
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Variety
Variety"If all of “Song of Lahore” were as exciting as its ending, you’d need an hour afterward to catch your breath. It’s not, yet despite a lacklustre start, this documentary redeems itself by the finale."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"...the film maintains an even-handedness that services its smaller narrative about the band, which implicitly speaks to a larger one regarding Pakistani cultural freedoms without bogging down into diatribes about injustice."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Music aside, this Pakistani "Buena Vista Social Club" is a testament to the enduring potency of creative expression."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"...a likeable if not especially vibrant doc with limited appeal beyond fests and special engagements in Pakistani-American communities."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterSong of Lahore | Details
- Runtime
- 82
- Genre
- Documentary, Music
- Country of origin
- Pakistan, USA
