LAHORE: Ajoka Theatre documentary on the Lahore Museum has been judged as the best cultural documentary at the Global Film and Music Festival held in Virginia, USA, on Dec 28.

The documentary titled “Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret: Lahore Museum” was directed by Shahid Nadeem and sponsored by Samosa Media (UK).

Festival director Seema Sethi says the documentary takes the viewers to a fascinating journey into Pakistan’s history and creates awareness about the rich and unique collection at the Lahore Museum.

The documentary also won the Indus Valley Award for the best documentary at the Indus Valley International Film Festival held in Delhi earlier this year. The documentary has been widely screened at various museums and educational institutions in the UK and Pakistan and has received nearly three million views on the Facebook.

The documentary features Samosa’s Anwar Akhtar and Ajoka’s Shahid Nadeem, accompanying Lahore Museum Director Sumaira Samad, to a tour of the museum, starting from Indus Valley gallery to the contemporary art gallery, which becomes a journey through the 5,000 years old history of the land.

The film was simultaneously premiered at the Institute for Art and Culture in Lahore and Birkbeck University, London, in May 2019.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2020