These Silences are all the Words (2017)
Documentary • 0ч 15м
Madiha Aijaz’s observational documentary on public libraries in Karachi, Pakistan, provides an entry point into present-day Karachi, where irredeemable changes feel imminent. While the libraries become a bastion for the literary tradition of Urdu, their frequent visitors lament the increasing dominance of English – a residual reminder of colonialism, partition and the ‘globalising’ present. Wrapped in quiet solitude, seated readers are shown hiding away from the hustle and bustle of urban life that can be seen outside.
TMDB rating:
0.0
(0)
Recommendations
Heart of a Dog
2015
City of Ghosts
2017
I Am Ali
2014
Fuck
2006
In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
Brother's Keeper
1992
Boys State
2020
Iverson
2014
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream
2013
Night Will Fall
2014
The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
2020
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes
2021
My Mom Jayne
2025
Finders Keepers
2015
Similar
No poster
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992
No poster
Ghuza da Sher
American Animals
2018
No poster
The People's Palace: A Portrait of the New York Public Library
1991
Kagan Valley
1931
Outlawed in Pakistan
2013
Lahore - Refugees from India
1947
In the Shadow of Karakorum
1955
Apö Karim, Ambassadeur de l'Himalaya
2012
Mister Karim
1997
Displaced Perssons
2013
All the World's Memory
1956
Anwar
2022
The Librarians
2025
Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan
1985
Drone
2014