Bangladesh Abroad
Bangladeshis, home and abroad, celebrate Ekushey February to remember the Bangla Language Movement and to honor those who sacrificed their lives to preserve Bangla as their mother language on February 21st, 1952. Bangladeshis feel proud to think of Ekushey February as their own achievement – an immediate triumph in protecting the rights to read, write, … Read more…
Bangladeshi community abroad indeed like to celebrate cultural events as long as it has the native vibe of Bangladesh. Organized by Muktadhara Foundation, the International Bangla Festival and Book Fair was such an event for Bangladeshi community living in New York City. Held in Jackson Heights from May 20 to 22, 2016, the three-day event … Read more…
Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts (BIPA) celebrated a colorful, joyous, participatory, and cross-cultural ‘Pohela Boishakh‘ (Bangla New Year) in New York. Bangladeshi community participated in a block parade and enjoyed a cultural event afterward to taste ‘Bangla Noboborsho‘ in New York. Hundreds of children, young, and adults marched several blocks of Astoria/Long Island City with … Read more…
Documentary Films on Bangladesh by non-Bangladeshi Film Makers A list of documentary films on Bangladesh was published in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. This is the fifth installment. All documentaries in this list were made by non-Bangladeshi directors, producers, and production companies. It is not a review or not a critique … Read more…
Documentary Films on Bangladesh by non-Bangladeshi Film Makers A list of documentary films on Bangladesh previously published here in three parts. They can be found here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. This is the fourth installment. The list focuses on Non-Bangladeshi or Non-resident Bangladeshi film makers. The principal focus is to compile a … Read more…
Documentary Films on Bangladesh by non-Bangladeshi Film Makers This is the third part on documentary films on Bangladesh. First part of documentary films on Bangladesh listed nine documentaries. Second part of documentary films on Bangladesh listed nine more docs. Nine more documentaries added to this list. The lists are in random order.
Documentary Films on Bangladesh by non-Bangladeshi Film Makers So here are another list of few more documentary films on Bangladesh. First part of documentary films on Bangladesh listed nine docs. In this part, nine more are included. The subject matter of these docs are microcredit, safe work environment, water contamination, social life, natural world, etc. … Read more…
Documentary Films on Bangladesh by some non-Bangladeshi Film Makers Documentary films on Bangladesh by Bangladeshi film-makers are very scanty – it is almost a non-existence genre in Bangladesh. Most Bangladeshis like films that are dramatic, action-packed, emotional, hypnotic, and non-reflective. Therefore, fact-based, non-fictional documentary film making has no place there. Not in theaters, not on … Read more…
New York Film Center organized their 2nd International Film Festival in Jackson Heights from June 19 to 21, 2014. The event was held in the afternoons. Fourteen films – three feature-length and eleven shorts – were screened at the event. Out of them, eleven from Bangladesh, one from India, one from Sri Lanka, and one … Read more…